In the history of exploration, Freya Madeline Stark is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Freya Madeline Stark as British travel writer (1893-1993).
Freya Madeline Stark was born at Paris in 1893. Her recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
She is recorded as explorer, travel writer and photographer.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Founder’s Medal, Mungo Park Medal and Order of Saint John.
Freya Madeline Stark died in 1993, aged 100. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Founder’s Medal
- Mungo Park Medal
- Order of Saint John
- Recorded as explorer, travel writer and photographer
