Bibliograph

Women who led the way, great explorers and adventurers, Mick Manning and Brita Granström

Type

Label

Women who led the way, great explorers and adventurers, Mick Manning and Brita Granström

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women who led the way

Oclc number

1285275407

Responsibility statement

Mick Manning and Brita Granström

Sub title

great explorers and adventurers

Summary

21 amazing women explorers and adventurers from all over the world From Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland, and Sacagawea who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition across the USA, to Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest, this book shows the incredible courage, determination and power of women explorers over the last 1200 years. These women have led the way exploring lands, oceans, mountains, skies and space, but have also made pioneering discoveries in the fields of science, nature, archaeology, ecology and more. The lives of these women, told as personal stories, are an inspiration to us all

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification