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Map Croquis de l'Afrique Équatoriale : contenant les dernier renseignements recueillis par les agents de l'Association Internationale du Congo

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Title

  • Croquis de l'Afrique Équatoriale : contenant les dernier renseignements recueillis par les agents de l'Association Internationale du Congo

Summary

  • "The Association Internationale du Congo (International Association of the Congo) was an organization established by King Leopold II of Belgium to lay the basis for creation of a central African colony. Between 1879 and 1884, Leopold employed the explorer Henry M. Stanley to acquire from local chiefs, by means of treaties they did not understand or were coerced into signing, tracts of land along the Congo River and its tributaries. The association also established posts along the river. At an international congress in Berlin that convened on November 15, 1884, and concluded on February 26, 1885, the powers of Europe and the United States recognized the association as the de facto government of a vast territory. On July 1, 1885, the Congo Free State was constituted, with Leopold as its sovereign. This map of November 1884, drawn up in Brussels on the basis of information provided by the association, shows the association's posts in the territory. The map undoubtedly was designed to influence the deliberations of the Congress of Berlin. Leopold claimed that the association was set up to benefit the people of the Congo, but his rule was in fact highly exploitative, and within a few years gave rise to an international outcry against the atrocities committed against the native population." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Institut national de géographie (Brussels, Belgium).

Created / Published

  • Bruxelles : Institut national de géographie, novembre 1884.

Headings

  • -  Africa, Central--Maps
  • -  Africa, Eastern--Maps
  • -  Africa, Central
  • -  Africa, Eastern

Notes

  • -  Includes inset location map.
  • -  LC copy annotated in red ink.
  • -  LC copy has label: Note. This specimen map is mounted on linen for use only in canvasing. The maps supplied with the book are not mounted, but are placed in pockets at the end of each volume for convenient use.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 42 x 91 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8630 1884 .I5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006627675

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Institut National De Géographie. Croquis de l'Afrique Équatoriale: contenant les dernier renseignements recueillis par les agents de l'Association Internationale du Congo. Bruxelles: Institut national de géographie, novembre, 1884. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006627675/.

APA citation style:

Institut National De Géographie. (1884) Croquis de l'Afrique Équatoriale: contenant les dernier renseignements recueillis par les agents de l'Association Internationale du Congo. Bruxelles: Institut national de géographie, novembre. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006627675/.

MLA citation style:

Institut National De Géographie. Croquis de l'Afrique Équatoriale: contenant les dernier renseignements recueillis par les agents de l'Association Internationale du Congo. Bruxelles: Institut national de géographie, novembre, 1884. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006627675/>.