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uer durch Afrika macht sich von 1936 bis 1938 das Ehepaar Maria und Stanislav Škulina auf den Weg. Alle großen Zeitungen der Welt berichten auf ihren Titelseiten über diese kühne Afrikasafari der beiden Globetrotter, die Stammesfürsten, Könige, Prinzen, Präsidenten und Gouverneure treffen. Berichte über Autoreisen durch fremde, geheimnisvolle Kontinente waren damals überaus populär – es gab noch keinerlei Ferntourismus.

magine collecting 40,000 beetles on a motoring jaunt down Africa. This is the feat achived by a Czecho-Slovakian entomologist and his wife, Mr and Mrs Stanislav Škulina, who have arrived in Durban. They are scientific collectors for the zoological section of the National Museum of Prague, and since leaving their native land in June last year have sent 40,000 beetles to the museum.

After leaving Prague, they travelled through Central Europe, sailing from Bordeaux to Dakar and then through Senegal, Nigeria, the Lake Tschad area, the Sudan, French Equatorial Africa, the Belgian Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Beira and Lourenco Marques to Johannesburg.

Mr. Škulina has met many interesting people in his travels, ranging from the pygmies of the Ituri Forest to governors, presidents, kings and princes.

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