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Mapping the Congo Basin


Brussels, Belgium
Organisation: The Brussels Map Circle
Final programme
  • 09.30 - Registration
  • 09.45 - Welcome address and Maps by Filippo Pigafetta by Wouter Bracke
  • 10.15 - Stanley’s maps of the Congo Basin by Mathilde Leduc
  • 10.45 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian cartographer in the service of Henry Morton Stanley by Mirela Altic
  • 11.15 - Break
  • 11.30 - Maps before and after the Berlin Conference by Rick Smit
  • 12.00 - Capital and exploration: the Institut national de Géographie and the expedition of Josef Chavanne to Congo (1884) by Colin Dupont
  • 12.30 - Albert Paulis. From Bahr el Ghazal to Belgian Congo in maps by Marc Dassier
  • 13.00 - Closing remarks

Accompanying persons and non-Members are invited to pay EUR 20.00 on our bank account IBAN BE52 0682 4754 2209 | BIC: GKCCBEBB and to mention in the bank transfer 'Conference 2023' and the name of the person.
Registration If you would like to join this event please advice our Secretary Marie-Anne Dage.
Venue: Panorama Room, KBR (Royal Library of Belgium), Mont des Arts /Kunstberg, 1000 Brussels
Language: English
Contact: Marie-Anne Dage
E-mail: marie.anne.dage@gmail.com
Time schedule: 09.30 - 13.30
Entry fee: Free for Members. Accompanying persons and non-Members are invited to pay EUR 20.00 on our bank account IBAN BE52 0682 4754 2209 | BIC: GKCCBEBB and to mention in the bank transfer 'Conference 2023' and the name of the person.