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The Okapi and the Western World

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Secrets of Central Africa

In 18 71, sir henry mhorton stanley thought he had seen a unicorn in central africa. A decade earlier, philip goss had published the romance of natural history which speculated that this area was where undiscovered species were likely most concentrated. The next person to enter this story is wilhelm junker who went on an expedition to egypt and tunis. He incorrectly identifies the in os booty people as wamboti but it's from them that he learned that they were familiar with this difficult to spot mammal.

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