Map of the Congo River (refered here as the River Zaire) featured in the front of Tuckey’s Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 (1818).
Featured on PDR in the essay Forgotten Failures of African Exploration
Dane Kennedy reflects on two disastrous expeditions into Africa organised by the British in the early-19th century, and how their lofty ambitions crumbled before the implacable realities of the continent.
Also appearing in the essay…
A Chart of the River Zaire
Date
1818
From
Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816
