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如 lomorstmellgiote the African continent 」 has led to some
enormous errors lin mapmaking.) One of the errors now seems
qute incredible. <イfn the late eighteenth centur a European
explorer reported seeing 耳hn ja southern Mali、) From
that report, a mapmaker drew iin a long line WE mountains)<人AS a_
resui WP as he called the "Were drawn
ln almost all maps 001 Africal the nineteenth century) They
seemed to be an important feature Ds the continental geography )
European pohiticians/and traders Bsoa decisions based on their
belief も the existenc 6 these mountain%-』 Jinallbfn | the late
18808, a French PA proved that there were no mountains/in
that par06f Africal After that discovery, the “Kong Mountains”
disappearedlfrom map ef Africa.
