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Why did european contact with africa increase in the 1800s? a) cecil rhodes and
Why did european contact with africa increase in the 1800s? a) cecil rhodes and leopold ii traveled into the interior, showing other european leaders that such journeys were advantageous. b) explorers and missionaries showed that travel into the interior was possible, due to medical advances and steamships. c)europeans and asians took a new interest in the slave trade, making increased contact valuable and necessary. d) an african elite welcomed westerners, eager to learn the culture and religion of the neighbors they admired.
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The correct answer here is C.
The only way up to that point to come set foot onto Africa was on the shores of the continent. Dense jungle and inhospitable terrain and diseases did present a challenge. But with the new medical discoveries and the steamboats that were able to navigate the African rivers, the Europeans could venture much deeper into the continent.
The German writer of The Sorrows of Young Werther was C. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774.