The map shows the political asset of the African continent after the scramble for Africa - the invasion, divisIon and colonization of most of Africa by the major European Powers at the beginning of the XX century. The colonies are represented by different colors: British colonies by pink; French colonies by violet; the Belgian ones by orange, the Italian ones by bright green; dark green stands for Spanish colonies and yellow for the Portuguese ones. The map is one of the tables made by the TCI Cartographic Office for the Italian Encyclopedia of Giovanni Treccani Institute
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3830423" class="extiw" title="d:Q3830423"><span title="Italian geographer">Leonardo Ricci</span></a>
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<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Touring_Club_Italiano" class="extiw" title="w:en:Touring Club Italiano"><span title="large publisher">Touring Club Italiano</span></a>
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