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''Le Congo illustré'' ( French; "The Congo Illustrated") was a fortnightly illustrated periodical, published in
Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...
by Alphonse-Jules Wauters from December 1891 to December 1895. The magazine was dedicated to Belgian exploration and economic development in the
Congo Free State The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (), was a large Sovereign state, state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by Leopold II of Belgium, King Leopold II, the const ...
with a focus on geography, ethnography and civil engineering. In 1896 ''Le Congo illustré'' was folded into '' Le Mouvement Géographique'', a journal also edited by Wauters.Elise Henry,
''Le Mouvement Géographique'', entre géographie et propagande coloniale
, ''Belgeo: Revue Belge de Géographie'' 1 (2008), pp. 27-46


See also

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List of magazines in Belgium The following is a list of Belgian magazines which are published in French, in Dutch and in other languages. 0 * '' 24h01'' A * ''A Prior Magazine'' * '' À Suivre'' * '' L’Art libre'' * '' L'Art Moderne'' B * ''Belgian Boutique'' * ...


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Vol. 1 (1892)
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Vol. 3 (1894), nos. 1-26
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