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MERCATORLEZING XL: Kaarten van Congo uit de bibliotheek van Leopold II by Wouter Bracke
Sint-Niklaas,
BelgiumOrganisation: STeMA lecture by our president.
On 26 February 1885, participants at the Berlin Conference officially recognised the Association Internationale du Congo as a sovereign state. King Leopold II ruled the Congo Free State as sovereign until 1908. Because of fierce international protest against the atrocities committed against the local population, the monarch was then forced to cede his colony to the Belgian state. He died a year later. An inventory of his library was made shortly before his death and published in the Official Gazette. In 2024, the library was transferred to the Royal Library of Belgium.
In his lecture, Wouter Bracke will explore the map material kept in the royal library and archives on which the king and his court could rely in preparation for the Berlin Conference.Venue: Museumpaviljoen - STeMLanguage: DutchTime schedule: 20.00URL: https://www.museasintniklaas.be/activiteiten/mercatorlezing-[...]
