Female explorer Miss Hlawaczek on expedition
Published as part of her obituary, this illustration of Miss Anna Marie Hlawaczek shows her in Africa on her journey from Cape Town to Cairo with two women behind her, possibly two of her three attendants. The accompanying article describes how Miss Hlawaczek died of exhaustion after contracting a fever and dysentery in her quest to outdo the exploits of Mrs French Sheldon, an American explorer whose travels in Africa had inspired her
Picture No
12688827
Media ID
46134265
Size
3992px x 5413px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed illustrator based off a photograph taken by T H Lloyd, surveyor to the British Central Africa Administration, in The Graphic', 6 January 1894
Date
1893
