Gallery: Africa's Past Landscapes Revealed in Historical Travel Accounts

  • In camp in the Rugege forest with liana
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    *In camp in the Rugege forest, now the Nyungwe forest, showing extensive liana growth. From [](http://books.google.com/books?id=Fxk1AQAAIAAJ&dq=in%20the%20heart%20of%20africa&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false)*In the Heart of Africa*, by Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, published 1910, page 74.*
  • At the base of the Ruwenzori Mountains
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    at-the-base-of-the-ruwenzori-mountains

    *At the base of the Ruwenzori Mountains, from [](http://books.google.com/books?id=Fxk1AQAAIAAJ&dq=in%20the%20heart%20of%20africa&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false)*In the Heart of Africa*, by Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, published 1910, page 210.*
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    *The woodland north of Chad, from* [Sahara and Sudan, Volume III: The Chad Basin and Bagirmi](http://books.google.com/books?id=-fIPAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions), by Gustav Nachtigal, published 1889. Not yet available online.
  • Camp at Waza
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    *Sketch of Barth's camp at Waza, from [](http://books.google.com/books?id=9PATAAAAIAAJ&dq=barth%20travels%20and%20discoveries&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=camp%20waza&f=false)*Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa*, by Heinrich Barth, published 1857, page 421.*
  • Stanleys Party Attacking an Elephant
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    *Stanley’s party attacking an elephant along the Ituri River, currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo, from* [In Darkest Africa, Volume 1](http://books.google.com/books?id=9pQSAAAAYAAJ&dq=Henry%20Morton%20stanley&pg=PA203#v=onepage&q&f=false)*, by Henry Morton Stanley, published 1890, page 193.*
  • Russell E. Train Africana Collection Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
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    *Henry Morton Stanley was an explorer and reporter hired by the* New York Herald *to find David Livingston. Missionary Livingston lost contact with the outside world for several years while traveling in Africa. Kalulu, Stanley’s servant and adopted child, is also pictured. Image from [Russell E. Train Africana Collection](http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5546)/Smithsonian Institution Libraries.*
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