The Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorge – part one
The uncharted course of the Brahmaputra led Victorian explorers to imagine a waterfall thousands of feet high… and the truth is scarcely less astonishing
Asia
Isabella Bird – free spirit and fearless explorer
At a time when women were confined to the polite parlours of Victorian society, Isabella Bird allowed her independent spirit to run free
Jo Woolf 