Brussels Geographic Conference
1876 · Event
Leopold hosts explorers and geographers at his palace and launches the International African Association — a philanthropic front for his ambition to seize a colony in central Africa.
On these timelines: The Scramble for Africa, The Low Countries, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa
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