Native Boat, Kongo River.
By OSU Special Collections & Archives - February 6, 2012
Image Title: Native Boat, Kongo River.
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Kongo, while not so long as the Nile, is greater in volume than any other river in Africa, is greater in volume than the Mississippi, and is second only to the Amazon. It drains a basin as large as half of the United States proper. The river has many tributaries, and its navigable water ways, if stretched out in only line, would reach about halfway around the globe. From its mouth at Matadi, about one hundred [Read Full Description]
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