03397cem a22004934a 4500 14380728 20250607012950.5 aj canzn cr ||||||||||| 060517s1884 be a 0 fre 14380728 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-geogmaps ga34 2006-05-17 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-779, LCAPM-893 2006627675 a 4000000 E0080000 E0400000 N0040000 S0090000 DLC DLC pcc G8630 1884 .I5 8320 8630 Institut national de géographie (Brussels, Belgium). Croquis de l'Afrique Équatoriale : contenant les dernier renseignements recueillis par les agents de l'Association Internationale du Congo Scale 1:4000000 (E 8°--E 40°/N 4°--S 9°). Bruxelles : Institut national de géographie, novembre 1884. 1 map : col. ; 42 x 91 cm. cartographic image cri rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Includes inset location map. LC copy annotated in red ink. DLC 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. DLC "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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Africa, Central Maps. Africa, Eastern Maps. Maps. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2011026387 Africa, Central. Africa, Eastern. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu g8630 ct001276 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g8630.ct001276 c GMD/CT ammem GMD/GNRLMAP ammem 20060613 wdl