Driven by ambition and greed; or in quest of prestige and glory; or searching for a unique brand of personal fulfilment; they deserted their homelands to make journeys never achieved before. Episode 5
The Story of Mary Kingsley who lived alone with cannibals in 1893 -and survived
Written by ROSEMARY ANNE SISSON Introduced by David Attenborough from the Royal Geographical
Society, London
Mary Kingsley risked her life in a dramatic and calculated way when she entered the forests of West Africa-the white man's grave. It was to be one of the shortest important journeys in the history of exploration. And when she returned to Britain she shocked Victorian society by reporting something no one wanted to hear. Director TONY SNOWDON Producer MICHAEL LATHAM (Repeated: Thursday, 8.10 pm)
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