Women explorers

Mary Kingsley (1862-1900)

English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of African cultures and British imperialism

 Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)

Writer, explorer, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and....spy!!

She had an immense amount of power for a woman at this time

Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904)

She was the first woman elected fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

and she´s the main charcter of a Japanish manga: Fushigi no Kuni no Bird

Alexandrine Tinné (1835-1869)

First European woman who attempted to cross the Sahara

A short but intense life

Marianne North (1830-1890)

In 1875 she began a journey round the world - California, Brazil, Jamaica, Borneo, Java, Ceylon, India, Australia...- discovering and painting plants in a very valued manner

Her legacy merited a gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London

Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904)

Swiss explorer and writer passionate  about North Africa

Find out why she was also known as Si Mahmoud Saadi