The River Congo: The Discovery, Exploration and Exploitation of the World's Most Dramatic River
Discusses the exploration and exploitation of the Congo by European explorers and adventurers from the fifteenth century to the twentieth.
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Contents
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The River That Swallows All Rivers
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The Quest for Prester John
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A Hero in Barbary
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Copyright
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adventure Affonso Africa Arab army arrived Atlantic attack Bakongo Bangweolo bank basin Belgian boats Brazza British Buganda called Cameron canoes Cão Cape Cape Bojador captain caravan caravel cataracts century Chenoo chief Christian Chuma colony Congo Free Congo River continent Diogo Diogo Cão discovered discovery Ethiopia Europe European expedition feet flowed force Force Publique forests geographical Indies interior island ivory journey Katanga killed king Kingdom of Kongo Lake Tanganyika land later Leopold Livingstone Livingstone Falls Loanda Lualaba ManiKongo Mbanza miles missionaries months mouth Mtesa natives never Ngalyema Niger Nile Nyangwe Ocean party Portugal Portuguese Prester John Prince rain reached route Royal sailed sent ship shore soldiers Speke Stanley Falls Stanley Pool Stanley's stations Susi Tabora tells Timbuktoo tion Tippoo Tib took tribes tribesmen Tuckey turned Ujiji Victoria village voyage West African coast wrote Zaire Zanzibar