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The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens, which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. [2] The trip involved political and social interactions with local leaders and dignitaries. Following the expedition, Roosevelt chronicled it in his book African Game Trails.
Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in Luganda ).
Gatti, a member of the Società Reale Italiana di Geografia ed Antropologia, was among the last great safari expedition men. He led thirteen expeditions to Africa starting in 1922. [3] Broke after the financial disaster of his 7th African expedition, Gatti settled in the US in 1930. His second spouse Ellen [4] accompanied him on his 8th expedition.
A safari (/ s ə ˈ f ɑːr i /; from Swahili safari ' journey ' originally from Arabic safar ' to journey ') is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in East Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion , leopard , rhinoceros , elephant , and Cape buffalo – particularly form an ...
OKC Zoo's newest habitat Expedition Africa. Finished just in time for spring break, Expedition Africa is home to more than 60 species and is the zoo's largest habitat expansion since it opened in ...
Recognition of the Sargasso Sea, Madeira, Azores and West African coast. Cape Verde. 1427–1460 Several navigators: Portuguese or serving Portugal, most under the sponsorship of Henry the Navigator: Congo River, Angola and Namibia: 1482–1485 Diogo Cão: South Africa. Connected the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. South Atlantic Volta do Mar ...
though the western coast of Africa, toward the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde islands. through the Red Sea , toward present day Somalia and perhaps Tanzania . Michael Asher & Mariantonietta Peru – made the first recorded crossing of the Sahara from west to east, by camel and on foot, from Nouakchott, Mauretania, to Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1986 ...
The expedition was led by Richard John Cuninghame, who was recommended to Roosevelt as the best elephant hunter in Africa. [4] Roosevelt followed Cuninghame's advice and hired a second white hunter, Tarlton, as his "adjutant" for the time in East Africa, since no one could lead a year-long expedition with 250 men alone.