A Belgian colony in Equatorial Africa occupying the greater part of the basin of the Congo river. Formerly the Independent State of the Congo, it was annexed to Belgium in 1908. (See CONGO FREE STATE.)
| The 1922 extension to the 1911 encyclopedia has updated information on this subject. See Belgian Congo (addition) for this information. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Belgian Congo'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/belgian-congo.html. 1910. |