Women Into the Unknown: A Sourcebook on Women Explorers and Travelers

by Marion Tinling

Book Overview

Tinling has written a book about the exploration and derring-do of 42 women who, individually or with another, ventured forth to parts unknown or little known in the 19th and 20th centuries. . . . The accomplishment of each is sketched in biographical form that will variously intrigue, interest, and fascinate readers of varied persuasions. Choice

Despite social restraints and limited financial resources, women have traveled in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313253285
• ISBN13: 9780313253287
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"