Picture No | 10795476 |
Date | 1884-1885 |
Description | The scramble for Africa: the Berlin Conference, 1884-1885 |
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French commentary on the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885: Otto von Bismarck, then Chancellor of Germany, is portrayed here wielding a knife over a sliced up cake, marked 'Africa'. His fellow delegates seated around the table look on aghast.
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Source | Unattributed cartoon in L'Illustration, 3rd January, 1885, page 17 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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