April 12, 2024
GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1 RUPIE 1911 J in nice Quality !!!Piece of History !!!
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GERMAN EAST AFRICACOLONY under EMPEROR WILHELM II1 RUPIE 1911 JThe colony began with Mister Peters, an adventurer who founded the "Society for german Colonization " and signed treaties with several native chieftains on the mainland opposite ZANZIBAR. On 3 March 1885, the German government announced it had granted an imperial charter (signed by Bismarck on 27 February) to Peters' company and intended to establish a proctetorate in East Africa. Peters then recruited specialists who began exploring south to the RUFJI Riverand north to WITU, near LAMOon the coast.When the SSULTAN of Zanzibar protested, since he claimed to be ruler on the mainland as well, German chancellor BISMARCK sent five warships, which arrived on 7 August and trained their guns on the Sultan's palace. The British and Germans agreed to divide the mainland between themselves, and the Sultan had no option but to agree.German rule was quickly established over Dar el Salam, andKILWA, even sending the caravans of Prince, Langheld, Emin Pasha, Charles Stokes to dominate "the Street of Caravans". The Abushiri Revolt of 1888 and was put down (with British help) the following year. In 1890, London and Berlin concluded the returning Heligoland (seized during the Napoleonic wars) to Germany and deciding on the borders of German East Africa (the exact boundaries remained unsurveyed
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