"Then, on August 28, a tragic occurrence cast a shadow over all African exploration. In their 'Deaths' section, the Times reported that Alexandrine Tinne, the Belgian heiress and veteran African explorer, was attempting to become the first woman ever to cross the Sahara when she was murdered by robbers in Northern Africa. They had ridden into her camp and murdered her companions. Then, as the men charged their horses at Tinne, she held up her hand as if to halt them. One of the intruders quickly pulled his sword and cut the hand off as he galloped past. Another Arab then shot her in the heart. Alexandrite was thirty-three.
"Miss Tinne's explorations and bravery were well known to Britons. She had explored the upper Nike at the same time as Speke and Grant, and was respected as a very capable explorer, regardless of her gender."
This is not fitting the feminist whining description of the times.
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