German Samoa
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German Samoa, officially the Kingdom of Samoa, was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savaiʻi, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the Independent State of
Saluafata harbour (R. Hellgrewe, 1908), 10 miles east of Apia
Raising the German flag at Mulinuʻu, 1900 (photo by Alfred James Tattersall)
Group with Governor Wilhelm Solf (wearing peaked cap), New Zealand parliamentarian Charles H. Mills and paramount chief Mata'afa Iosefo during a visit by Mills to German Samoa, 1903
Governor Wilhelm Solf at Apia in 1910
Kingdom of Samoa
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The Kingdom of Samoa, or Samoan Kingdom, was a Polynesian monarchy that existed from 1873 to 1899 in Samoan Islands of Polynesia. The monarchy of Samoa was abolished under the Tripartite Convention of
German Samoa
…January 1920 • League mandate 17 December 1920 Area 1912 2,831 km2 (1,093 sq mi) Population • 1912 33,500 Currency Goldmark Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Samoa Western Samoa Trust Territory German Samoa, officially the Kingdom of Samoa (German: Königreich Samoa; Samoan: Malo Kaisalika), was a German protectorate…
Wrecked vessels at Apia (1889)
SMS Adler wrecked at Apia (1889)
German, British and American warships in Apia harbour, 1899 (Alfred James Tattersall)