The Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo, or in French the Comité d'études du Haut-Congo, was formed in 1878 on behalf of Leopold II, King of the...
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Leopold II of Belgium to further his interests in the Congo. [dubious – discuss] It replaced the Belgian Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo (Comité...
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International African Association (redirect from International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa)
humanitarian-oriented. The Association was succeeded by the short-lived Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo, and the International Association of the Congo, which...
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expedition of 1876–77, supported by the Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo. At the time one of the last open questions of the European exploration of Africa...
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the crumbling of the International African Association, Leopold's work was done under the auspices of the "Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo"...
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France, at the same time Henry Morton Stanley explored it on behalf of the Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo, backed by Leopold II of Belgium, who...
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the world's deepest river and the world's third-largest river by discharge. The Comité d'études du haut Congo ("Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo")...
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of 1890 Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo International African Association Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District Bourne, Henry F. (1904). "The...
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Leopold quietly bought out all of the other shareholders of the Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo, using the private holding company to disguise...
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The Congo Crisis (French: Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the...
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