Adventuresses, Recreating Daring Voyages into the Unknown. 2nd edition

Three remarkable women. Three dramatic tales of adventure and survival.
Isabela Godin, abandoned in thousands of miles of jungle, became the first women to successfully travel the length of the Amazon.
Mary Kingsley, conquering Mount Cameroon in atrocious weather with the 'madman in the mist'.
Isabella Bird an indomitable 60 year old travelling hundreds of miles across the Himalayas on the back of a yak.
Over 10 years Jacki Hill-Murphy traced the paths of these journeys, sometimes in appalling conditions, experiencing many of the same hardships as her subjects.