name: Beatrice Grimshaw
birth_date: 1870-02-03 00:00:00
death_date: 1953-06-30 00:00:00
genres: Literature & Fiction
avg_rating: 3.92
ratings_count: 39
about: Although she was born in Ireland and lived and worked in many parts of the world, it was her close association with New Guinea for which Beatrice Grimshaw (1871-1953) is best remembered.She was the first European woman to ascend the Fly and Sepik Rivers and many of her books are set in New Guinea or the Pacific.