The Exploration of Africa

Chronicles the history of exploration in Africa from the discovery of the mouth of the Congo River in 1482 to expeditions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-211).

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A richly illustrated, large-format volume chronicles the history of African exploration, from the 1483 discovery of the mouth of the Congo river by Portuguese explorers, to the 1871 expedition of journalist Henry Morton Stanley to find explorer David Livingstone, to the exploitation of the continent