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Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Smithsonian–Roosevelt_African_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
scientific research
gptkbp:collectedSpecimensIn
over 11,000
gptkbp:documentedIn
gptkb:academic_journal
journals
photographs
gptkbp:endDate
1910
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition
gptkbp:ledTo
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:notableAchievement
one of the largest natural history expeditions of its time
gptkbp:notableAnimalCollected
gptkb:giant_eland
gptkb:white_rhinoceros
okapi
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Lake_Albert
gptkb:Gondokoro
Nairobi
gptkbp:notableCollection
gptkb:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:National_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:Carnegie_Museum
gptkbp:notableEvent
Theodore Roosevelt contracted malaria
gptkbp:notablePersonMet
gptkb:Frederick_Selous
gptkb:Sir_Alfred_Pease
gptkb:Robert_Baden-Powell
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:African_Game_Trails
gptkbp:notableSpecimenType
birds
insects
mammals
plants
reptiles
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:participants
gptkb:Kermit_Roosevelt
gptkb:Edgar_Alexander_Mearns
gptkb:Edmund_Heller
gptkb:John_Alden_Loring
gptkbp:purpose
collect zoological specimens
gptkbp:resultedIn
expansion of Smithsonian collections
gptkbp:route
from Mombasa to Khartoum
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie
gptkbp:startDate
1909
gptkbp:transportation
rail
on foot
ox cart
river steamer
gptkbp:visitedBy
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:British_East_Africa
gptkb:Belgian_Congo
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:African_Game_Trails
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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