| Birth: | Oct. 22, 1875
Stockton
San Joaquin County
California, USA | | Death: | Jul. 17, 1937 | 
Adventurer. She is regarded as America's greatest woman explorer, whom traveled extensively in South America, Asia and the South Pacific in the early 20th Century. From 1907 to 1935, accounts of her journeys were published in over 20 articles of the National Geographic Magazine. In 1925, she helped launch the Society of Woman Geographers and served as its first president until 1933. She also toured lecturing on her travels with illustrated talks with color slides and movies, with copies of her memoirs on Trinidad, Surinam, Bolivia, Peru and the trans-Andean railroad between Buenos Aires and Valparaiso. She died in Nice, France. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for Harriet Adams | | | Burial:
Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum
Oakland
Alameda County
California, USA |
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Record added: Jul 16, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6609443 |
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