Where Is Tarzan Set?

The Jungle of Africa is the main setting from Disney's 1999 animated feature Tarzan, its sequel, midquel, and television series.

What country is Tarzan set?

Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, first published 100 years ago as Tarzan of the Apes, tells the story of John Clayton, a child born to a pair of shipwrecked aristocrats and raised by apes in the coastal jungles of equatorial Africa, eventually living out his days as the king of the jungle.

Is Tarzan set in Congo?

The fictional story of Tarzan, based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, is weaved into the real life story of African-American historian George Washington Williams, who traveled to the Congo and condemned Belgium's King Leopold II for his harsh and brutal treatment of the Congolese people.

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