To The Ends Of The Earth. Mary Gaunt, Pioneer Traveller

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pirgos Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: Reprint

Description: 332 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Travel writer, explorer and novelist. Gaunts never give up, the motto of Marys ancestor, Prince John of Gaunt (1340-1399) was quoted by Marys father, William Gaunt, to his children. In the 1880s, Mary Gaunt was one of the first women admitted to Melbourne University. Miss Gaunts desire to study law was denied since male academics believed women incapable of studying difficult subjects. In 1909, Mary, now widowed, led her own expedition into the West African jungle, staying in remote villages to gather information for her book Alone in West Africa. In 1913, in the absence of sealed roads, Mary travelled in a bone-shaking mule cart from Peking to the edge of the Gobi desert and returned to Europe on a Russian troop train. Her amazing experiences in China and Russia produced two more travel books. Mary donated her royalties to the Red Cross to help Belgian refugees. For many years she lived in Italy and, during World War Two, died in France.

ISBN: 9780980621686