Tarzan: location candidates

Since there’s so much debate, which of the tropical African locations are some of the Tarzan novels most accurately set in? 

The least accurate locations seem to be central and northern Angola below Cabinda, which are often depicted in old Tarzan maps and not much else. 

The Northwest and Southwest parts of middle Cameroon are perhaps the only Cameroonian states controlled by the chiefdom-unaware Brits, which partly explains why there’s considerably more corruption in both of these states than in the rest of middle and southern Cameroon. There’s also southeast Nigeria, mainland Equatorial Guinea, southernmost Central African Republic and the rest of middle and southern Cameroon, as well as much of northern Republic of the Congo (excluding the small easternmost parts of both Sangha and Cuvette, plus the state of Likouala, which are all closer to much of both the CAR and the DRC, than to the rest of west central Africa as a whole) and northern Gabon. Despite not being the most accurate birthplaces and childhood homes of Tarzan, they do strongly serve as the beginner’s bases for some of the Weissmuller-Henry era films, some of Gold Key’s Tarzan comics, parts of WB’s two Tarzan tv shows and a part of its film Greystoke, plus the first volume of Christophe Bec’s Tarzan comic books and a very artsy comic book in the form of Dynamite’s second regular Tarzan comic, Lord of the Jungle. 

Likouala and the middle, north-central and west-central DRC rainforests are often depicted more frequently in Dell, Marvel and older Dynamite versions than in any other retelling, apart from some of Dell’s and DC’s Tarzan comics and a part of WB’s The Legend of Tarzan. Then came along the southwest Ugandan, western Rwandan, western Burundian, western Tanzanian, northeast-central and east-central DRC jungles and woodlands, the beginner’s bases for some of the silent films, some of the Weissmuller-Henry era films, some of Dell’s and Marvel’s Tarzan comics, parts of Filmation’s Tarzan Lord of the Jungle, the 3 Disney films, Disney’s The Legend of Tarzan tv show, Constantin Film’s Tarzan 3D, Netflix’s Tarzan and Jane web show and Andy Briggs’ trilogy of teen novels. 

Much of Gabon and central Republic of the Congo seem to be the next most accurate birthplaces and childhood homes of Tarzan. They are the beginner’s bases for some of the silent films, some of the Weissmuller-Henry era films, many of DC’s Tarzan comics, a few of Marvel’s Tarzan comics, parts of both CBS’s tv film Tarzan In Manhattan and TF1’s Tarzan tv show, parts of the Peter Rodgers Organisation’s Tarzan: The Epic Adventures tv show, and parts of both WB’s film Tarzan and The Lost City and its reboot The Legend of Tarzan. 

Well, the most accurate location turns out to be the Mayombe realm, encompassing southernmost Gabon, southern Republic of the Congo, Cabinda and westernmost DRC. They’re the beginner’s bases for some of Marvel’s Tarzan comics and many of Dark Horse’s Tarzan comics.