What is the meaning of the sentence

Taking in with a wave of his hand the rich, black earth spreading all the way to the horizon, he exclaimed: “My God, what couldn’t we do with such wonderful land.” Then he added as an afterthought: “But I suppose we would have become like them.”

Could anyone explain me Taking in with a wave of his hand the rich, black earth spreading all the way to the horizon?

Answer

wave OED

a. trans. To move through the air with a sweeping gesture of the
uplifted or extended arm or hand often as a sign of greeting or
farewell, or as an expression of exultation

As in:

Taking in with a wave of his hand (an expression of
exultation/rejoice) the rich, black earth spreading all the way to the
horizon.

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