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List of former German colonies

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Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914. Brown, German New Guinea; Orange, North Solomons; Red, German Samoa; Yellow, Other Pacific Territories
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Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies
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These were German colonies established in the Pacific:
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were German concessions in China, leased to it by the
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Index

Schutzgebiete
Groß Friedrichsburg
Ghana
Arguin
Mauritania
Duchy of Courland
Couronian colonization
Welser family
Klein-Venedig
Venezuela
Hanauish-Indies
Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
Neu-Askania
German colonial empire
German colonization of Africa

Kionga Triangle
German South West Africa
German West Africa
Togoland
Kamerun
Kapitaï and Koba
Mahinland
German East Africa
Witu Protectorate
German Somali Coast
German Congo
German Katanga
Gwandu Protectorate
Gulmu Protectorate

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