Adventurers & Explorers

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Anne Bonny, Irish-American Pirate, born 8th March 1702

Jeanne Baret, French Explorer, born 27th July 1740

Ida Pfeiffer, Austrian World Traveller, born 14th October 1797

Isabella Bird, British Mountaineer, born 15th October 1831

Belle Starr, American Outlaw, born 5th February 1848

Annie Smith Peck, American Mountaineer, born 19th October 1850

Fanny Bullock Workman, American Explorer and Mountaineer, born 8th January 1859
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Mary Kingsley, British Scientist and Explorer, born 13th October 1862

Marie Marvingt, French Aviator, Mountaineer & Athlete, born 20th February 1875

Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss Explorer and Writer, born 17th February 1877
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Louise Boyd, American Arctic Explorer, born 16th September 1887

Freya Stark, British Explorer and Travel Writer, born 31st January 1893
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Beryl Markham, British-Kenyan Aviator & Adventurer, born 26th October 1902
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Junko Tabei, Japanese Mountaineer, born 22nd September 1939