Many female travel adventurers have become lost in time so, to celebrate International Women’s Day, we pick 10 incredible women who defied convention to undertake awe-inspiring journeys.

Jeanne Baret (1740-1807)

Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)

Isabella Bird (1831-1904)

Annie Smith Peck (1850-1935)

Mary Kingsley (1862-1900)

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)

Nellie Bly (1864-1922)

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)

Freya Stark (1893-1993)

Lady Grace Drummond Hay (1895-1946)

Read their stories at the source.