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Held the record as the youngest person and first American woman to sail solo around the world (with stops and assistance). Baré later entered into a relationship with renowned naturalist, PhilibertCommerçon, working as his valet and assistant, and joined him on a round-the-world expedition in 1766, which was led by Admiral Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Founder of Explorers Connect. Kirk has travelled across Africa, Nicaragua, and the Chinese Taklamakan Desert. She captained the first all-female rowing team to circumnavigate Britain non-stop.

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Rainforests are critically important to the well-being of our planet. Tropical rainforests encompass approximately 1.2 billion hectares (3 billion acres) of vegetation and are sometimes described as the Earth’s thermostat.

If you've enjoyed finding out about our rainforest activities, why not take a look at our top tiger activities? Love them or hate them, snakes are one of the most famous creatures that live in the rainforest. Kids can make their very own snakes with this easy rainforest project. Before you get started, you will need to gather some dry pasta, string, and whatever colouring utensils you want to use. To complete this craft, kids have to thread a piece of string through a selection of dry pasta pieces, and they’ll have their very own snake. Once they’ve done this, they can decorate it to their heart’s content! Heiress, writer spent a decade exploring the Far East in the 1890s. Toured the interior of Java and Borneo.

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Circumnavigation (also later its co-captain general); commanded the ship Santiago in the Atlantic and the Concepcion across the Pacific, Strait of Malacca, Indian Ocean She was inured to the trappings and benefits of high society, often acting as hostess for her world-famous uncle, William Pitt the Younger. Many biologists expect rainforests will lose 5-10% of their species each decade. Rampant deforestation could cause many important rainforest habitats to disappear completely within the next hundred years. We have chosen the following women as much for the feats they accomplished as the legacies they left behind them. 10. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (Austrian, 1970-present)

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Many individuals, communities, governments, intergovernmental organizations, and conservation groups are taking innovative approaches to protect threatened rainforest habitats. The following is a list of explorers. Their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries when they were active and main areas of exploration are listed below.

Global voyager and hunter traveling across North and South America and Australia, writing about her adventures American socialite who was a noted explorer and big-game hunter. She contributed rare specimens from Africa, Iran, Southeast Asia, Canada, and Alaska to natural history museums.