The Congo Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History 1909-1915
Posted by GSR on Oct 17, 2008 at 5:49 am
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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.
American Museum of Natural History
Related to content on pages 170-174 of Chapter 5 of The Threat of Race
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