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The colony of South West Africa is …
Years: 1890 - 1890
The colony of South West Africa is declared a German Crown Colony in 1890, and more troops are sent.
In July of the same year, as part of the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 between Britain and Germany, the colony grows in size through the acquisition of the Caprivi Strip in the northeast, promising new trade routes into the interior.
The Caprivi Strip, or Caprivi, is named after German Chancellor Leo von Caprivi (in office 1890–1894), who negotiates the acquisition of the land in an 1890 exchange with the United Kingdom.
Caprivi had arranged for the Caprivi strip to be annexed to German South West Africa in order to give Germany access to the Zambezi River and a route to Africa's east coast, where the colony of German East Africa (now part of Tanzania) is situated.
The river will later prove unnavigable and inaccessible to the Indian Ocean due to the Victoria Falls.
In July of the same year, as part of the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 between Britain and Germany, the colony grows in size through the acquisition of the Caprivi Strip in the northeast, promising new trade routes into the interior.
The Caprivi Strip, or Caprivi, is named after German Chancellor Leo von Caprivi (in office 1890–1894), who negotiates the acquisition of the land in an 1890 exchange with the United Kingdom.
Caprivi had arranged for the Caprivi strip to be annexed to German South West Africa in order to give Germany access to the Zambezi River and a route to Africa's east coast, where the colony of German East Africa (now part of Tanzania) is situated.
The river will later prove unnavigable and inaccessible to the Indian Ocean due to the Victoria Falls.
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- Nama (Khoisan tribe)
- Germans
- Herero people
- Oorlam people
- Boers
- London Missionary Society
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Cape Colony, British
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
- German Southwest Africa
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Years: 1890 - 1890
Locations
People
Groups
- Nama (Khoisan tribe)
- Germans
- Herero people
- Oorlam people
- Boers
- London Missionary Society
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Cape Colony, British
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
- German Southwest Africa
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