1 Cross hipped: The result of joining two or more hip roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Mary Kingsley explored Africa. She explored the western and central parts of the country. She is known for being the first European explorer to visit Gabon.
The writer Rudyard Kipling said of her: âShe must have been afraid of something, but one never found out what it was.â. Mary Kingsley was born in 1862, the niece of the famous author, Charles Kingsley, and the daughter of a doctor who spent much of his life travelling. It was from her father that Mary inherited her love of adventure. Finally, he settled down, and Mary spent several years nursing her ailing parents, who both died in 1892.