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Carte du Congo Belge

Alternative Title:

Carte du Congo Belge Administrative, Commerciale, Routière et Hydrographique : comprenant toutes les routes, chemins de fer les rivières, cours d'eau, les comptoirs commerciaux et les missions

Description:

One of the earliest printed maps of the Belgian Congo, published in Brussels, Belgium, shortly after the establishment of the Belgian Congo as a colony of Belgium. The map identifies the various districts and regions of the Belgian Congo.

Publie̓e par Lebègue & Cie. ; imp. J.-E. Goossens, Bruxelles - Lille - Paris.

Relief shown by shading.

Legend.

2 inset maps.

Longitudinal and latitudinal lines (Greenwich meridian).

Shows various cities and settlements, churches, waterways, marshland, forests, various boundaries, railroads (including projected and underconstruction), telegraph lines.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wp367ck6316

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wp367ck6316

Language:

fre

Publisher:

Librairie J. Lebègue & Cie,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

[between 1909 and 1911]

Spatial Coverage:

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false