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Roosevelt in Africa expedition plans revealed
A detailed account outlines Theodore Roosevelt and party’s African expedition. It describes the shooting focus on elephants hippos and rhinoceroses, the official photographer role, four specialized guns including the Autoloading rifle, and the massive equipment and logistics. The route spans New York to Naples to Alexandria then down the Red Sea toward Mombasa and Port Florence, with Uganda and Nairobi as key hunting regions.
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Thodore Toosevelt
Fashington
Forest
Mr. Roosevelt
Elephant
Eden Alexander ‘Mearns
Edmund Meller
Riverside
Val
J. A. Loring
United States
Hite Tenia
Lot
Guna
Roosevelt
Germany
New York
Naples
Mediterranean
Azores
Gibraltar
Spain
Balearic
Ivica
Minorca
Majorca
Sardinia
Capri
Bay
Lloyd
Sicily
Alexandria
Jamul
Rome
Pompeys Pillar
Pharos Nght
Nile Delta
Port Said
Suez Canal
Ted Sea
Strait of
Bab el-Mandeb
Arabia
Abyssinia
Indian Ocean
Mombasa
Protectorate
British East Africa
Kuindini Harbor
Uganda
Port Morence
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Fort Ilorence
Natrobi
Willian McMillan
McMillan
Michigan
Nairobi
Port Plovance