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Roosevelt expedition traces through East Africa in 1909
Robert Foran reports Theodore Roosevelt and party venturing from Mombasa to Londiani, with Kermit Roosevelt and staff on hunting safaris across Kapiti Plains, Guaso Nyiro, and Uasin Gishu. The narrative covers travel, birthdays, Nile plans, and roving contact with Field Museum figures, plus Cunninghame’s routing and ongoing preparations for the Nile journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Foran
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Mombassa
British East Africa
Kapiti Plains
Roosevelt
Kermit
Edgar A. Mearns
Edmund Heller
J. Allen Loring
Souk
Saigai- Sai
Guaso Nyrero
Coort
Londiani
Uganda
Kermit, Tarlton
Heller
Uasin Guisha
Five Miles
Eldama Ravine
Londians
Cunninghame
Carl Akeley
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Akeley
Londaini
Tranquility
Bakhari
Lake Hannington
Nile
Nairobi
Entebbe
Kampala
Congo
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Khartoum
Roosevelt Party
United States
White House
R. J
Kisumu
Victoria Nyanza
John
Duke of
Nzoi River
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
University of California At
San Francisco
Ward
Reuter
Smith, Mackenzie & Co
Lake Naivasha
Kenya
Cunninghame and
Leslie Tarlton
Tarlton