American Explorers of Africa.pdf - 2 views
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as been made, as should have been done, in regard to the name of Wilkes Land. Americans are a patriotic people, their conduct in the present world war shows it, but, in regard to geographical discoveries outside of the United States made by Americans, they seem too inert and too indifferent to assert themselves and to back up their own sons. Among the geographical discoveries by Americans which are too much neglected at home are those made in Africa. And yet in the closing period of the "age of discovery," in which the secrets of the so-called Dark Continent were revealed, three Americans, Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, Charles Chaille-Long, and Arthur Donaldson Smith, and one An
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r222200556 on 26 Apr 23Americans are a patriotic nation, as evidenced by their behavior during the current world war, but they appear too apathetic and inactive to assert themselves and support their own sons when it comes to geographical discoveries made outside of the United States. Africa is one of the continents where Americans have produced geographical discoveries that are far too underappreciated at home. Yet in the final years of the "age of discovery," when the mysteries of the so-called Dark Continent were revealed, four Americans-Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, Charles Chaille-Long, Arthur Donaldson Smith, and Henry M. Stanley-and one Anglo-American-put the majority of the Congo's course on a map and established the existence of an African pygmy race.
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