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001480841 1001_ $$aVan Pul, Paul,$$d1947-$$eauthor.
001480841 24510 $$aHydrography and navigation on the Congo River :$$ba century of visual history /$$cPaul Van Pul.
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001480841 5050_ $$aIntro -- Preface -- About the Maps and Charts -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- Part I: General Hydrographic Description of the Haut-Congo Basin -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the General Geography of the DRC -- Chapter 2: Early Shipping on the Haut-Congo -- Chapter 3: From the Source to Kisangani: The Upper-Congo -- Chapter 4: From Kisangani to Mbandaka: The High Middle-Congo and Ubangi -- Chapter 5: The Low Middle-Congo: From Mbandaka to Tsumbiri -- Chapter 6: The Last Stretch to Kinshasa: The Congo Couloir -- Chapter 7: The Upper-Kasai Watershed
001480841 5058_ $$aChapter 8: The Sankuru, Fimi-Lukenie, and Lower-Kasai Tributaries -- 8.1 The Sankuru River System -- 8.2 The Fimi-Lukenie Watershed -- 8.3 The Lower-Kasai Tributaries -- Chapter 9: The Kwango and Kwilu Watersheds -- 9.1 The Kwango River System -- 9.2 The Kwilu River -- Chapter 10: The Congo Cataracts -- Part II: Early European Mapping of the Maritime Congo River -- Chapter 11: The First Europeans Venture Up the Congo Estuary -- 11.1 Conquering the Cataracts -- Chapter 12: The Kouilou-Niari, an Alternative Access? -- Chapter 13: The Voyage from Europe to Congo -- 13.1 Belgium Takes Over the Congo
001480841 5058_ $$aPart III The Hydrography of the Maritime Congo River -- Chapter 14: Introduction to the Bas-Congo -- 14.1 Climatological Observations -- 14.2 Population of the Kongo-Central Province -- 14.3 The Top Soil -- 14.4 Vegetation Along the Maritime Congo -- 14.5 The Congo River Discharge -- Chapter 15: Early Maps of the Maritime River -- 15.1 Physical Description of the ``Divagante ́́Region -- 15.2 From Boma to Matadi -- Chapter 16: The Acute Need for Bathymetric Surveys -- 16.1 The First Soundings -- 16.2 Pierre Van Deuren -- Chapter 17: Hydrographic Basics in the Tropics
001480841 5058_ $$a17.1 The Role of the Hydrographic Team -- 17.2 The Topographical Methods -- Chapter 18: A New Navigation Channel in the Making -- 18.1 The Nisot and Mayaudon Passes -- Chapter 19: The Mateba Deceiving Bend (Barrage du Faux-Bras de Mateba) -- Chapter 20: Difficult Years -- 20.1 Where Is the Border Exactly? -- 20.2 The War Years -- 20.3 Alexandr Khokhloff Returns -- Chapter 21: Independence in 1960 -- 21.1 The Scale Model -- 21.2 Nineteen Seventies, Ups and Downs -- 21.3 About Dredging -- Chapter 22: Based on Detailed Land Surveys -- Chapter 23: Epilogue: A Concept for the Future? -- Appendices
001480841 5058_ $$aAppendix 1: A Brief History of the ``Congolaise des Voies Maritimes ́́(CVM) -- Appendix 2: Congo Waterways Interbellum Figures -- Selected Data on the Maritime Congo -- Glossary -- Bibliography
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001480841 520__ $$aIn a time without GPS and echosounder, European engineers and black labourers worked for decades to get a better understanding of the nautical intricacies of the Congo River. This is the first comprehensive story, in text and custom-made maps, of the, in flow, second largest river in the world. We follow the earliest explorers mapping the river, the expeditions to find an alternative access to the ocean and the first land and hydraulic surveys to improve navigation. The constant movement of shallows and islands keeps the guardians of the river constantly on their toes. Over the years, better technologies on all fronts improved safety, data collection and fairway maintenance. In conclusion, the author describes a proposal to develop a 21st container port that would rival any port facilities on the African west coast.
001480841 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 27, 2023).
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001480841 651_0 $$aCongo River$$xMaps.
001480841 651_0 $$aCongo River$$xNavigation$$xHistory.
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