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Books set in Congo River, DR Congo

1 book pinned here. The book names a region, not an exact address, so the pin sits inside the area.

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Cover of Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary

Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary

by Joseph Conrad (1899)

Setting
A steamer up the Congo River in the Congo Free State (the book never names the river; Conrad made the trip in 1890). The pin sits at Kisangani, near the Inner Station.
About
A public-domain classic. Cover: the 1899 Blackwood's Magazine issue where it first ran.
Source
kids.britannica.com
ISBN
9780141441672
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