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The '''Mountains of Kong''' is a non-existent mountain range charted on [[English]] maps of [[Africa]] from 1798 through the late 1880s.<ref name="Delaney">{{cite web|last=Delaney|first=John, curator|title=Evolution of the Map of Central, East & West Africa |url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html|publisher=Princeton University|work=To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref> The first map showing this west to east mountain range in 1798 was produced by English [[cartography|cartographer]] [[James Rennell]].<ref name="Delaney" /> The mountains were thought to begin in [[West Africa]] near the [[highland]] source of the [[Niger River]] near [[Tembakounda]] in [[Guinea]], then continue east to the also fictitious [[Central Africa]]n [[Mountains of the Moon]], thought to be where the [[White Nile]] rose. Cartographers stopped including the mountains on maps after [[France|French]] explorer [[Louis Gustave Binger]] established that the mountains were fictitious in his 1887-1889 expedition to chart the Niger River from its mouth in the [[Gulf of Guinea]] to [[Côte d'Ivoire]].<ref name="Delaney" /> However, earlier explorers for some time in the nineteenth century had failed to locate this mountain range.<ref>{cite book|last=Stock|first=Robert|title=Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation|date=2004|publisher=The Guilford Press|isbn=1572308680}}</ref> |
The '''Mountains of Kong''' is a non-existent mountain range charted on [[English]] maps of [[Africa]] from 1798 through the late 1880s.<ref name="Delaney">{{cite web|last=Delaney|first=John, curator|title=Evolution of the Map of Central, East & West Africa |url=http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/africa/maps-central/central.html|publisher=Princeton University|work=To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref> The first map showing this west to east mountain range in 1798 was produced by English [[cartography|cartographer]] [[James Rennell]].<ref name="Delaney" /> The mountains were thought to begin in [[West Africa]] near the [[highland]] source of the [[Niger River]] near [[Tembakounda]] in [[Guinea]], then continue east to the also fictitious [[Central Africa]]n [[Mountains of the Moon]], thought to be where the [[White Nile]] rose. Cartographers stopped including the mountains on maps after [[France|French]] explorer [[Louis Gustave Binger]] established that the mountains were fictitious in his 1887-1889 expedition to chart the Niger River from its mouth in the [[Gulf of Guinea]] to [[Côte d'Ivoire]].<ref name="Delaney" /> However, earlier explorers for some time in the nineteenth century had failed to locate this mountain range.<ref>{cite book|last=Stock|first=Robert|title=Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation|date=2004|publisher=The Guilford Press|isbn=1572308680}}</ref> |
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Various nineteenth century explorers of West Africa included the mountains on maps they produced including French explorer [René Caillié]], who explored the highlands Guinea, [[Fouta Djallon]], near the source of the Niger, the [[Cornish people|Cornish]] explorer [[Richard Lemon Lander]] and his younger brother [[John Lander|John]], and [[Scotland|Scottish]] explorer [Hugh Clapperton]] who also sought the course of the Niger River in its upper reaches.<ref name="Delaney" /> |
Various nineteenth century explorers of West Africa included the mountains on maps they produced including French explorer [René Caillié]], who explored the highlands Guinea, [[Fouta Djallon]], near the source of the Niger, the [[Cornish people|Cornish]] explorer [[Richard Lemon Lander]] and his younger brother [[John Lander|John]], and [[Scotland|Scottish]] explorer [Hugh Clapperton]] who also sought the course of the Niger River in its upper reaches.<ref name="Delaney" /> |
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Revision as of 23:15, 3 August 2008
The Mountains of Kong is a non-existent mountain range charted on English maps of Africa from 1798 through the late 1880s.[1] The first map showing this west to east mountain range in 1798 was produced by English cartographer James Rennell.[1] The mountains were thought to begin in West Africa near the highland source of the Niger River near Tembakounda in Guinea, then continue east to the also fictitious Central African Mountains of the Moon, thought to be where the White Nile rose. Cartographers stopped including the mountains on maps after French explorer Louis Gustave Binger established that the mountains were fictitious in his 1887-1889 expedition to chart the Niger River from its mouth in the Gulf of Guinea to Côte d'Ivoire.[1] However, earlier explorers for some time in the nineteenth century had failed to locate this mountain range.[2]
Various nineteenth century explorers of West Africa included the mountains on maps they produced including French explorer René Caillié, who explored the highlands Guinea, Fouta Djallon, near the source of the Niger, the Cornish explorer Richard Lemon Lander and his younger brother John, and Scottish explorer [Hugh Clapperton]] who also sought the course of the Niger River in its upper reaches.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Delaney, John, curator. "Evolution of the Map of Central, East & West Africa". To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880accessdate=2008-08-04. Princeton University.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ {cite book|last=Stock|first=Robert|title=Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation|date=2004|publisher=The Guilford Press|isbn=1572308680}}