The official AHF German Colonies quiz thread

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

A clue!

Look for whales...


waleed

[Chris Dale]

Something to do with Walvis Bay?

Cheers
Chris

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Sorry, nothing to do with Africa. Go much farther north!

Most important with regards to colonialism is probably his name-giving of (by him) explored areas...


waleed

[Chris Dale]

It's not August Heinrich Petermann is it? The Arctic cartographer?

Cheers
Chris

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Close indeed Chris, although not Petermann.

I will add, the "mann" in question was also a captain and named his ship after a large green island.


waleed

[Chris Dale]

Carl Koldewey led the 1868 expedition in a ship called Grönland... is that the green island you mentioned?

Carl Koldewey then captained the Germania on the and Paul Hegemann captained the Hansa on the 1869 expedition.... is that the "Mann" you mention?

Looking at the picture compared to others, I'd say it was Hegemann...

Cheers
Chris

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Checked the facts and must say they are similar in some aspects...
Grönland is the name of the ship, but apparently several ships have
had the same name. A little later in time you'll come across another
and fairly bigger ship... an "Auxiliarsegler" .

Our man was also interested in the warmer seas/continents and also travelled in
warmer waters. Some more hints: Papua New Guinea, a mountain, a famous institute,
a Kaiser, Russia, German New Guinea Company, Otto Finsch, the Samoa,
Neumayer and much more...


waleed

[Chris Dale]

I'm stuck here. Another clue maybe?

Cheers
Chris

[Polar bear]

hi, Waleed and Chris,

the man in question is Eduard Dallmann , see http://www.awi.de/en/discover/history_o ... _dallmann/

greetings, the pb

[Chris Dale]

Welcome back Polar Bear!

I've not heard back from Waleed but it does look like you've found the right man, so it's your turn to give us a question...

Cheers
Chris

[Polar bear]

hi, Chris,

well, after that encouragement by a Forum Staff member I can´t hardly refuse ...

what was the importance of 8 degrees South for the german colonial administration (somewhere) ?

greetings, the pb

[Polar bear]

hi,

one week later, the traditional hint #1

on the other side of the line, Chris` native country ruled ...

greetings, the pb

[Chris Dale]

Is that the border that Detzner was mapping in New Guinea?

Cheers
Chris

[Polar bear]

hi, Chris,

yes, it is ... and further eastwards in the Solomon Sea up to 154 E, as well ...

over to you !

greetings, the pb

[Chris Dale]

Thanks for the hint about "my" country that's what got it for me! Actually my country is Wales and we don't have any colonies unless you count Y Wladfa in Patagonia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Patagonia .

But the Welsh did do their bit against the German colonies in the First World War... which was the only Regiment of the British Army to fight at Tsingtao in 1914?

Cheers
Chris