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Roosevelt's African and European Tours Reviewed
A 1910 critique summarizes Colonel Roosevelt’s travels across Africa and Europe. It lauds his equal treatment of monarchs, fearless hunting feats, and public persona from Mombasa to London, noting his 76 specimen bag and encounters with kings, emperors, and leaders while praising his democratic approach and drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Africa
Europe
Smithsonian Institution
Napoleon Bonaparte
Rome
Austria
Emperor
Kossuth
France
Christiania
Denmark
Hamlet
Germany
Holland
England
Egypt
Nile
Mombasa
Cairo
London
New York
Hamburg
Gibraltar
Messina
Italy
Nairobi
America
Kermit
R. J. Cuninghame
Edgar A. Mearns
J. Alden Loring
Edmund Heller
Potomac
Port Florence
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Uganda
Gondokoro
Khartum
Alexandria