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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964
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amnh-congo-intro
Title
AMNH Congo Expedition Multimedia Introduction
Date
2003
Agent (Role)
Nduku, Felicity
(
Narrator
),
Slack, Gordy
(
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)
Description
A decade after Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness first depicted the mysteries and agonies of the area, Herbert Lang and James Chapin set sail for the northeastern Belgian Congo. They knew they were launching an extraordinary adventure, but they could not have imagined what those years would hold. By the time they sailed home five and a half years later, they had collected tons of precious zoological and anthropological specimens representing one of the most comprehensive collections of the day
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