Scribner's Magazine
From The Waste Land Wiki
(→Conclusion) |
Peter Robe (Talk | contribs) (→Close Reading) |
||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
==Close Reading== | ==Close Reading== | ||
| − | Theodore Roosevelt lead an expedition to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Museum. In his year long | + | Theodore Roosevelt lead an expedition to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Museum. In his year long quest, he "collected" 11,400 animal specimens in total. Notably, he collected 11 elephants, 20 rhinoceroses, 17 lions, 20 zebras, 7 hippopotamuses, 7 giraffes, 6 buffalo. He started his expedition in Mombasa, traveled around British east Africa, visited the Belgian Congo, traversed along part of the Nile, and completed his journey in Khartoum. |
| + | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
In each of the issues of the series, he began with a geographic description of their location which continued throughout the issues highlighting the different towns, villages, and tribes he and his troop interacted with. However, it was never more than a fleeting reference to the people. His greater focus was the many different hunts he went on. Their daily forays lead them to much less inhabited regions. He waxes eloquently about the multitude of creatures he kills with a fervor that may have sparked the endangerment of many species in Africa. | In each of the issues of the series, he began with a geographic description of their location which continued throughout the issues highlighting the different towns, villages, and tribes he and his troop interacted with. However, it was never more than a fleeting reference to the people. His greater focus was the many different hunts he went on. Their daily forays lead them to much less inhabited regions. He waxes eloquently about the multitude of creatures he kills with a fervor that may have sparked the endangerment of many species in Africa. | ||
