Trotamundas started in 2004 by Mercedes Lopez-Tomlinson, who has lived and worked in several countries such as Vanuatu, Guyana, Italy, London and Barcelona. She has also traveled around the world several times. She published a website called trotamundas.com for a few years to rescue the memory and travels of amazing women who went to see the world when it still was unusual and daring for a woman to do so. In 2007 she decided to launch the publishing company Trotamundas press which publishes the books of those amazing women and continues to grow.