出版社：National Committee of Geography of Belgium / Société Royale Belge de Géographie
摘要：The geographic societies preceded the geographers Geography came to the forefront in Belgium only through the creation of the geographical societies of Brussels and Antwerp. These appeared in 1876, some weeks after a meeting called in the royal palace of Brussels by the then King Léopold II. This geographical conference launched the exploration of Central Africa. At that time geography in Belgium did not fail to refer to its glorious ancestors, contemporaries of the first major discoveries, t...
