Dark Continent

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Dark Continent

A former name for Africa, so used because its hinterland was largely unknown and therefore mysterious to Europeans until the 19th century. Henry M. Stanley was probably the first to use the term in his 1878 account Through the Dark Continent.

Dark Continent

(Placename) the. a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored

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dark			Stanley was moving like a tiny point of light through the heart of the Dark Continent. The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context And yet you were battling with muscles that have time and time again been pitted, and always victoriously, against these terrors of the dark continent. The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context A report, or it would be better to say a rumor, had come to the British headquarters in German East Africa that the enemy had landed in force on the west coast and was marching across the dark continent to reinforce their colonial troops. Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			Daricon Darien Darién Darier's disease Darii daring daringly Dario Darío dariole Darius Darius I Darius III Darius Milhaud Darius the Great Darjeeling dark dark adaptation Dark Age Dark Ages dark blue dark bread dark chocolate dark cloud dark comedy Dark Continent dark current dark energy dark field illumination dark glasses dark ground illumination dark horse Dark house dark lantern dark matter dark meat dark nebula dark reaction dark red Dark sentence dark star dark-blue dark-brown dark-coated dark-colored dark-coloured dark-eyed dark-eyed junco dark-field illumination dark-field microscope dark-fruited			Dark Blog dark blue Dark Blue/Light Blue Dark Blues Business Trust dark box dark bread Dark Brotherhood Dark brown Dark brown Dark brown Dark camera Dark camera Dark Carnival Dark Cauldron Entertainment Dark cerulean Dark cerulean Dark chamber Dark chamber Dark Chaos Magic dark chocolate Dark Cloud Dark Cloud Dark Cloud Dark Cloud 2 Dark Cloud Cover Dark Cloud Covers dark comedy Dark Comedy Film Dark Comedy Film dark conduction Dark Continent Dark Crisis Dark Crystal Dark current Dark current Dark current dark currents dark currents dark cutting beef dark cutting beef dark cutting beef Dark Dirty Tech Tribal dark discharge Dark Dog Moto Tour Dark East Music Meeting Dark Eldar Dark Electronic Music Underground Site Dark Elf Dark Elves of Forgotten Realms Dark Emitting Diode :-) Dark Emitting Laser Diode Dark energy Dark energy Dark energy Dark Energy Survey Data Management Dark Energy Task Force Dark energy Vacuum energy Aether Gravity Dark eyed junco Dark Eyes Dark Faction Dark Falz

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