German New Guinea: The Annual Reports
- ISBN-10
- 0708118062
- ISBN-13
- 9780708118061
- Category
- History / Oceania
- Pages
- 403
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Australian National University Press
- Author
- Neu Guinea Compagnie
Description
"In 1885 the New Guinea Compagnie was granted sovereign powers over German New Guinea, comprising the north-eastern part of the New Guinea mainland, kniown as Kaiser Wilhelmland, and the Bismarck Archipelago... This territory, with some significant extensions, it continued to administer until 1899 when German New Guinea came under the direct administration of the Reich. [This book] collects together all the official reports of the company's administration and of the fifteen years of direct rule."--Book jacket.
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