A political map of the Republic of the Congo showing the regions, major cities and highways, and neighboring countries. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.

An interesting map showing the relief of Democratic Republic of the Congo. See the highlands, lowlands, and rivers that cross this country. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.

A political map the the Democratic Republic of the Congo that shows the province boundaries, major cities and highways, neighboring countries, and significant physical features. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.

The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin, of which the reserve and forest are a part, is one of the largest drainage systems...

Find statistics about the many river systems of the world. Includes facts such as length, drainage area, cities, notable tributaries, and more. Also provides links to sites about some of the rivers.

In the novel "Heart of Darkness," Marlow travels up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Once he is far upriver he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, a man who has set himself up as a god amongst the natives. Selected...

The United Nations offers this very clear map of part of the Great Lakes region in eastern Africa. The lakes, of course, are labeled, as are the rivers, major cities, and countries.

A good relief map of the countries of Central Africa showing mountains, lakes, and valleys. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.

An excellent resource on V.S. Naipaul, a Carribean writer, this website provides articles on his status as a "rootless wanderer," his major works, and the key themes and ideas conveyed in Naipaul's writing.

Map showing the location of the Congo State within the African continent, with the equator and Congo River indicated. The Congo State, controlled by Leopold II of Belgium, was established in 1885 as a corporate state similar to the...

A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...

A map from 1911 of the Nile River basin, showing the watershed dividing line between the Nile drainage, Congo drainage, and the coastal drainage systems to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. The map shows the Nile River headwaters in Lake...

This map of the Great Lakes region in Africa from the United Nations shows the large lakes, the countries the lakes touch, and rivers that flow into and out of the lakes.

A map of the region around Lake Victoria, or Victoria Nyanza, in 1920, showing the northern portion of German East Africa, the eastern portion of Belgian Congo, and all of British East Africa including the Uganda Protectorate. The map...

Physical map of Africa showing major landforms and waterways, including the Atlas Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Saharan, Libyan, Arabian, and Kalahari Deserts, The Upper and Lower Guinea Coasts, the Congo Basin, Lake Victoria, and...

Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...

A map of Africa in 1876 showing native African States and European possessions of Britain, France, Spain and Portugal prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885. On this map, European possessions include Algeria, Cape Colony, Griquala Land...

A map of Rhodesia in 1920, including portions of the neighboring territories of the Belgian Congo, German East Africa, Mozambique, and Transvaal. This map shows cities, railways, major rivers and lakes, and includes the names and...

A map of the African continent in 1906 showing European land claims such as British East Africa, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Italian Somalia, and others, and European colonies and corporate states such as Cape Colony,...

Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...