Event
Brussels Geographic Conference (1876)
Conference of geographers opened by King Leopold II in the royal palace at Brussels on 12 September 1876.
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- Leopold II opened the conference Scholarship & press 1
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- 12 Sep 1876 Brussels Geographic Conference (1876)
- 12 Sep 1876 Leopold II leads Brussels Geographic Conference (1876)
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The Story of the Congo Free State, by Henry Wellington Wack (a book friendly to the Free State; it prints the King's speech and letters in full), G. P. Putnam's Sons (Project Gutenberg), 1905.
Scholarship & press
It was opened by King Leopold in person.
The Conference, which lasted three days, was convened in the royal palace at Brussels on September 12, 1876.
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