When the German Empire came into existence in 1871, none of its constituent states had any overseas colonies. Only after the Berlin Conference in 1884 did Germany begin to acquire new overseas possess
Johann David Welcker: Allegory of the acquisition of Surinam by Count Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg 1669. (1676) Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Inv.-Nr. 1164.
Fort Groß Friedrichsburg at the time of its completion in 1686
The ruins of Fort Groß Friedrichsburg today
1684 painting of the Brandenburg Navy
Brandenburg–Prussia
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Brandenburg–Prussia is the historiographic denomination for the early modern realm of the Brandenburgian House of Hohenzollern between 1618 and 1701. Based in the Electorate of Brandenburg, the main b
German colonial projects before 1871
…Historic map of Brandenburg-Prussia showing the Gold Coast colonies (in modern Ghana) (top left) When the German Empire came into existence in 1871, none of its constituent states had any…
A 19th century allegory visualizing the emergence of Brandenburg–Prussia through the marriage of John Sigismund, Margrave of Brandenburg to Duchess Anna of Prussia
George William, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick William, "Great Elector" of Brandenburg–Prussia
Uniforms of the Brandenburg–Prussian army in 1698