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1906 map of German East Africa including Lakes Tangayika and Victoria, Mount Kilamanjaro, and the capital of Dar-es-Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast. The German colony faced the British colonies of British East Africa and Rhodesia to the north and southwest, Belgian Congo to the west, and Portuguese Mozambique to the south. From Andree's Allgemeiner Handatlas, published in Leipzig, Germany by Velhagen & Klasing. The inset map shows a closeup of the northeast coast including the capital of Dar-es-Salaam. Text: Deutsch Ostafrica, Britische Besitzungen, Kongostaat, Portugiesische Besitzungen German East Africa, British possessions, Congo Free State, Portuguese possessions

1906 map of German East Africa including Lakes Tangayika and Victoria, Mount Kilamanjaro, and the capital of Dar-es-Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast. The German colony faced the British colonies of British East Africa and Rhodesia to the north and southwest, Belgian Congo to the west, and Portuguese Mozambique to the south. From Andree's Allgemeiner Handatlas, published in Leipzig, Germany by Velhagen & Klasing. The inset map shows a closeup of the northeast coast including the capital of Dar-es-Salaam.

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Deutsch Ostafrica, Britische Besitzungen, Kongostaat, Portugiesische Besitzungen



German East Africa, British possessions, Congo Free State, Portuguese possessions

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