Mary Kingsley (1) (1862–1900)
Autore di Travels in West Africa
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Mary Kingsley (1) ha come alias Mary Henrietta Kingsley.
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- Data di nascita
- 1862-10-13
- Data di morte
- 1900-06-03
- Sesso
- female
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En este segundo viaje, cuyas increíbles peripecias narra con humor, Mary Kingsley remontó en canoa el río Ogowé, en Gabón, hasta el país de los caníbales fang, para lo cual tuvo que atravesar pantanos, a veces a nado, y enfrentarse, sombrilla en mano, al peligro de los cocodrilos. Donado por César Pescador Galindo
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> Voyageuse perspicace et efficace.
—R. Kapuściński
> Voyageuse perspicace et efficace.
—R. Kapuściński
Fascinating story. Made me want to read and collect the whole series of Penguin Great Journeys
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- Opere
- 3
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- 2
- Utenti
- 696
- Popolarità
- #36,357
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 12
- ISBN
- 64
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 1
The book combines accounts of unbelievably arduous forest, river and mountain journeys (which she made in sole charge of her local bearers and guides) with disturbing comments on cannibalism, witchcraft and the fate of twins born in West Africa. She died aged only 38 – of enteric fever from nursing Boer prisoners of war – and was (at her earlier request) buried at sea off Simon’s Town.
Her account is lively, amusing and often self-deprecating although I was disturbed that she found the murderous colonial governor of Cameroon, Herr von Puttkamer “exceedingly good company”.… (altro)