Victorian Ecological Desaster
The harvest of gutta-percha as isolation for telegraph cables became a big business with the global expansion of undersea telegraph cables in the late 19th century - with devastating effects on tropical forests such as in Indonesia. Read John Tully's informative article "A Victorian Ecological Desaster" for detailed information on the topic.
Map of Belgian Congo
Map of Belgian Congo in 1896 by the cartographer and engraver Léon de Moor, published by J. Lebègue & Co. In 1896, when this map was published, the Belgian Congo–known as the Congo Free State–was actually a personal possession of King Leopold II and not an official Belgian colony.
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