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June 14, 2018

Free spirits: 5 women explorers and travel writers

These incredible women set off for the furthest reaches of the globe, from the Gobi Desert to Arctic Canada, and their books are a lasting tribute to their achievements

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Published on June 14, 2018 03:37

August 15, 2017

Lecturers at the RSGS: the mystic, the future king, and the man who brought shrunken heads

Celebrating some of the extraordinary lecturers who visited the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in its early years...

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Published on August 15, 2017 02:39

May 14, 2017

Mildred Cable, Eva and Francesca French

Three extraordinary women who travelled along the Silk Road and faced death threats as an occupational hazard

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Published on May 14, 2017 04:09

February 6, 2017

Fridtjof Nansen

"Our order was, Death or the west coast of Greenland. In this way it was accomplished."

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Published on February 06, 2017 01:23

January 20, 2017

Ferdinand von Richthofen and the Silk Roads

7th May 1888, and a letter to the RSGS from an eminent German geographer

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Published on January 20, 2017 06:57

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