The official AHF German Colonies quiz thread

[Polar bear]

hello, Henk

Don't give up... Apparently ...

Apparently, you seem to produce just that reaction to your question which you tried to avoid. I gave up.

greetings, the pb

[Chris Dale]

Don't give up...

I've not given up. I've been back to this question a few times, done a few searches, looked in a few books, not found anything... then I'll come back to it a week later and repeat. Still I have no idea what the answer is, but I haven't given up!

Cheers
Chris

[Henk]

......an American adventurer who was particularly interested in the palms....

regards, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hello, henk,

drawing it out ... ? ... in my opinion time for a new hint or the solution.

greetings, the pb

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Would Palmolive have anything to do with it...?


waleed

[Henk]

Yes, good conclusion !

The islands were part of the copra empire of the American entrepreneur…

- Henk

[Chris Dale]

Sounds like the film "His Majesty O'Keefe" which was based on the tale of American sailor David O'Keefe who was shipwrecked on Jap (Yap) and built his "empire" there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Majesty_O%27Keefe

Not sure there was a Dutch claim there, so I'm probably barking up the wrong tree...

Cheers
Chris

[Henk]

You found a clue to solving the question..!

Not Yap…
Yet David O’Keefe’s life story may guide you to the disputed islands.
If not to the copra, then to one or two of his numerous wives...

Regards, - Henk

[Chris Dale]

"He ultimately accepted a Yapese wife as well, despite already having a wife and daughter in Savannah"... is what I found in Wikipedia... I think I'm getting further from the answer....

Cheers
Chris

[Chris Dale]

http://www.pacificworlds.com/yap/visitors/okeefe.cfm says "O'Keefe set himself up on Tarang island, in the channel that lies between four different districts of Yap". It also mentions another wife on Nauru.... I still think I'm further than ever from the answer...

Cheers
Chris

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Checking O'Keefe, his wives and possessions it could be Terang Island but I doubt it.
Mapia island is my choice...


waleed

[Henk]

Good choice..!




For details about the dispute, try to find the study by F. Huizinga (1996): The Mapia Islands - Dutch concern with a late 19th century international controversy. DSALCUL/ISIR, Leiden; Jakarta, 64 pp.

In case you understand Dutch, see:
http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/ ... /3240/4001

The story of David O’Keefe’s life is outlined at:
http://www.micsem.org/pubs/articles/his ... eefefr.htm

Your turn…

Regards - Henk

[Chris Dale]

Well done Waleed!!!!

I'm glad someone got there in the end!
Cheers
Chris

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Well Chris, if not for your "O'Keefe and wives" I would still have been lost
in Henks mysterious island...

Not quite sure about this one, but as the Kaiser did visit I guess
it should be considered an official part of the Deutsches Kaiserreich.
From a late 1870s painting

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waleed

[Henk]

The settlement seems to be located on top of a high cliff…
Helgoland..?

Regards, - Henk