Dark Continent

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1. A former name for Africa, so used because its hinterland was largely unexplored and therefore mysterious until the 19th century. Henry M. Stanley was probably the first to use the term in his 1878 account Through the Dark Continent.
黑暗大陆：非洲旧时的名字，这样用是因为它的腹地处于大量未开发，而且因此很神秘直到19世纪。亨利M·斯坦利可能是在他的1878年报道穿越黑暗大陆 中最先使用这一称呼