FORBES (Rosita, 1890-1967, Traveller & Writer)

Fine signature and date on a card, 4” x 2½”, no place, 14th May

In 1920–1921 Forbes was the first European woman to visit the Kufra Oasis in Libya (together with the Egyptian explorer Ahmed Hassanein), in a period when this was closed to Westerners.

Item Date:  1926

Stock No:  42811      £40

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