East Africa
East Africa names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
East Africa GERMAN, former German possessions in East Africa
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GERMAN, former German possessions in East Africa, acquired in 1885-1890, lying immediately to the S. of British East Africa, and having an estimated area of about 400,000 square miles, and estimated population of 7,659,898. They are bounded on the N. by a line running N. W. from the Umba river to the E. shore of the Victoria Nyanza, and continuing W. from this Tanganlake to the Kongo state. Lake yika forms the W. boundary, and thence a line to Lake Nyassa and the river Rovuma form the S. W. and S. boundaries. In September, 1894, it was agreed that the German-Portuguese e frontier should follow parallel 10° 10° 40′ 40′ S. lat. from the coast to its intersection with the river Rovuma, leaving Kionga and the mouth of the Rovuma to Germany, and Cape Several stations Delgado to Portugal. have been established by the German East Africa Company, and the chief ports are Dar-es-Salaam, Bagamoyo, Kiloa, and Tanga. The products of the country are coffee, tobacco, cotton, ivory, caoutchouc, and gum. The conquest of German East Africa, in the course of the World War (1914-1918), was completed by British forces in 1918, and by the terms of the Peace Treaty of 1919 the territory is divided between Great Britain and Belgium. The British part has been named "Tanganyika" territory. Government seat, Dar-es-Salaam.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
German, a possession of the German empire , lying on the African coast directly south of British East Africa. The German rights were acquired from the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1890 by a payment of $1,000,000. Area 384,000 square miles. Population, chiefly Bantu, 7,000,000. The protectorate is governed by a German governor. There are about 2,000 German residents, who act as officials, commanders, policemen, missionaries, and teachers. A few hundred Germans live near the coast on plantations of cocoa-palm, caoutchouc, vanilla, tobacco, cacao, sugar, tea, cotton, cardamon, and cinchona. The German government has established a number of experimental stations. In the year 1905 there were over half a million head of cattle and nearly 4,000,000 head of sheep and goats in the protectorate. Though not developed, it is known that there is a vast wealth of gold, lead, copper, coal, and salt. There are precious stones. Agates, topazes, moonstones, quartz crystals, and garnets are known to exist in large quantities. The German government spends about $1,000,000 a year on the protectorate, in addition to twice as much obtained from local revenue. The chief exports are rubber, copra, ivory, coffee, sisal, and wax, in all about $3,000,000 a year. See Africa
East Africa PORTUGUESE, posof Portugal
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PORTUGUESE, posof Portugal. It comprises the sessions province of Mozambique, capital Laurenço Marques; and Companhia de Mozambique; and Companhia de Ny- Total area, 428,132 square miles. assa. Pop. about 3,000,000 (1,050 whites, 1,100 Its coast-line extends S. Asiatics, etc.). from Cape Delgado, the S. extremity of the coast-line of German East Africa to Kosi Bay, just below Delagoa Bay, at a point separating British from Portuguese territory, as fixed by the Anglo- Portuguese agreement of 1891; the N. boundary is the river Rovuma, running W. from Cape Delgado to Lake Nyassa. The frontier between German and Portuguese East Africa (until 1914) ran along parallel 10° 40′ S. lat. from the coast to its intersection with the river Rovuma, leaving the mouth of the Rovuma and Kionga to Germany, and Cape Delgado to Portugal. By the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, to Portugal was allotted the territory south of Rovuma known as "Kronya Triangle," formerly belonging to German East Afboundary is the lake and rica. The E. British Central Africa, or the Nyassa Protectorate down to the junction of the Shiré with the Zambesi; while from that point the British South Africa Com- , including Mashonaland pany's territory South and Matabeleland, and the former . African Republic, form the boundary
East Africa GERMAN co., III.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GERMAN co., III., in 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Quincy, Ill., and for several years taught at the public schools. After several years of newspaper work he organized and became secretary of the Civic Federation of Chicago. In 1900 he organized the National Civic Federation and became chairman of its executive council. He promoted national conferences on primary election reforms in New York and promoted also other conand economic subferences on political jects. He organized in 1917 the League for National Unity. He wrote extensively on sociological subjects.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's caught the handover in mid-air in 1921: German East Africa, conquered by British forces in 1918, had just been split, the British share "named 'Tanganyika' territory" and the Belgian share becoming Ruanda-Urundi. All of it is now independent — Tanganyika in 1961, joining Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania, while Rwanda and Burundi became separate states in 1962. Portuguese East Africa, described here as the province of Mozambique with a capital at Lourenço Marques, won independence in 1975 after a decade-long war; the capital is now Maputo. The populations have grown far beyond these figures: the 7.6 million of German East Africa and the 3 million of the Portuguese province correspond to territories now holding roughly 65 million and 34 million people.
Written for this edition, 2026.