Similarly, it is asked, where does The Legend of Tarzan take place?
Now, since Tarzan seemingly takes place around 1912 and the film seems to start with Tarzan having lived in England for a number of years, it'd be natural to assume we could be looking at a time period anywhere from 1916-1927. But actually, the film takes place in the last 1800s, around 1890.
Furthermore, is the story of Tarzan based on a true story? The book is written on the premise that Tarzan was an actual person with original author Burroughs having written highly fictionalized and romanticized memoirs of Tarzan, which were based on Tarzan's own life stories and adventures. Farmer is then telling the "real story".
Similarly, you may ask, what part of Africa is Tarzan set in?
The first book, at least, is set in an unnamed part of West Africa, somewhere east of Sierra Leone and west of the Congo basin (which are both locations mentioned in the text). Tarzan's father, Lord Greystoke, is sent by the UK government to investigate conditions in one of Britain's West African colonies.
What is Tarzan's race?
Tarzan, a British lord, is a white king of the African jungle. According to the new biography, "Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs" (Scribner, $30), Burroughs was fascinated by roughing it and by "proper" lineage.
