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- Bismarck on Colonial Policy, Excerpt from a letter directed at Roon, Minister of War (1868)
- Friedrich
Fabri: Does
Germany need Colonies? 1879, Extract, posted by Professor Joseph V. O'Brien
- Reichstagsakten 1884/1885, Attachment 41, Collection of Documents pertaining the placement of the Togo area and Biafra Bay
- Dr.
Carl Peters (1856-1918) on German Colonial Policy, 1885, from:
Kolonial-Politische Korrespondenz. 1. Jg. Berlin, 16. Mai 1885
- Dr.
Carl Peters on Socialism and Colonial Policy, from:
Kolonial-Politische Korrespondenz. 2. Jg. Berlin, 9. und 16. Februar
1886
 - Bismarck
on German Colonial Policy (Speech in the Reichstag, March 13, 1885, Protokolle
S.
1798, S.
1799, S.
1800, S.
1801, from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
 - Bismarck
on German Colonial Policy (December 5, 1888)
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1. Generalia 1.1 Beginnings
- Bismarck on Colonial Policy, Excerpt from a letter directed at Roon, Minister of War (1868)
- Friedrich
Fabri: Does
Germany need Colonies? 1879, Extract, posted by Professor Joseph V. O'Brien
- Reichstagsakten 1884/1885, Attachment 41, Collection of Documents pertaining the placement of the Togo area and Biafra Bay
- Convention Revising the General Act of Berlin, 26 February 1885, And the General Act and Declaration of Brussels, 2 July 1890, St. Germain-en-Laye, 10.9.1919; cfr. (scroll down) General Act of Berlin of 26 February 1885, Berlin, from Australian Treaty Series; cfr. (scroll down) General Act of the Brussels Conference, and Declaration
1.2 Ideology and Reality 1.2.1 Concepts and Premises of German Colonial Policy - Reichstagsakten
1884/85, Anlage 41: Reichstagsakten 1884/1885, Attachment 41, Collection of Documents pertaining the placement of the Togo area and Biafra Bay
- Dr.
Carl Peters (1856-1918) on German Colonial Policy, 1885, from:
Kolonial-Politische Korrespondenz. 1. Jg. Berlin, 16. Mai 1885
- Dr.
Carl Peters on Socialism and Colonial Policy, from:
Kolonial-Politische Korrespondenz. 2. Jg. Berlin, 9. und 16. Februar
1886
- Bismarck
on Colonial Policy (December, 5 1888)
- Heinrich
von Treitschke über deutsche Kolonien (on German Colonies), aus: ders., Politik,
Vorlesungen, Bd. 1. Leipzig 1897, S. 123ff.

- Thronrede
Kaiser Wilhelms II. - Eröffnung des Reichstags am 28.11.1905 Auszug zur Entwicklung in den "deutschen Schutzgebieten", von
Deutsches Historisches Museum
- Thronrede
Kaiser Wilhelms II. - Eröffnung des Reichstags am 19.11.1907 Auszug zur Entwicklung in den "deutschen Schutzgebieten"
1.2.2 Reports on the Development of German Colonies
- Atlas German Colonies 1898, Small (Kleiner deutscher Kolonialatlas), Frontispice, from Deutsches Historisches Museum

- Atlas German Colonies1
1905, Table of content
- Atlas German Colonies1
1906, Table of content
- Atlas German Colonies1
1907, Table of content
- Atlas German Colonies1
1908, Table of content

- Atlas German Colonies2
1909, Table of content
- Atlas German Colonies2
1910, Table of content
(u.c.)
- Atlas German Colonies2
1911, Table of content
(u.c.)
- Atlas German Colonies2
1912, Table of content
(u.c.)
- Atlas German Colonies2
1913, Table of content
- Atlas German Colonies2
1914, Table of content

- Atlas German Colonies2
1918, Table of content

- Der
gegenwärtige Stand der Eisenbahnbauten in unseren Kolonien, (The status quo of the railway-building in our colonies) from
Wilhelm von Puttkamer, Hauptmann a. D., in: Süssenrotters illustrierter
Kolonial Kalender 1912, from Jaduland.de
2. Individual German Colonies (cfr. also Kolonialatlanten under: 1.2.2) 2.1 Togo- Sources: Precolonial Togo
- Reichstagsakten
1884/85, Anlage 41: Collection of Documents pertaining the placement of the Togo area and Biafra Bay
- cfr. also: German Colonial Lexikon, edition of 1920, click search T, Togo, posted by: Bildarchiv der Stadt- und Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt

2.2 Kamerun (Cameroon)- Sources: Precolonial Kamerun
- Reichstagsakten
1884/85, Anlage 41: Collection of Documents pertaining the placement of the Togo area and Biafra Bay
2.3 Deutsch-Suedwestafrika (German South West Africa) - South and East African Year Book and Guide
(Jahrbuch
und Führer: Süd- und Ostafrika, hrsg. von A. Samler Brown und
G. Gordon Brown, London, 26. Aufl., 1920)
(Auszüge)
- cfr. also: German Colonial Lexikon, edition of 1920, click search K, Kamerun, posted by: Bildarchiv der Stadt- und Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt

2.4 Deutsch-Ostafrika (German East Africa)- Sources: Precolonial Deutsch-Ostafrika (=Sultanat Zanzibar)
- Übereinkommen
zwischen Deutschland und England betreffend Zanzibar und
Interessensphären in Ostafrika (convention between Germany and England concerning Zanzibar and spheres of interests in East Africa), Berlin, 13. Januar 1887
(Reichstagsakten 1886/87, 6. Legislaturperiode, Band 104, S.367,
S.368,
S.369,
S.370)
von Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Reichstagsakten
1888/89, 7. Legislaturperiode, Volume 121, Attachment 41
, Attachment
60
and Attachment
76
: Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa - Reichstagsakten
1889/90, 7. Legislaturperiode, Volume 127, Attachment
44
,
Attachment 78
and Attachment
118
: Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa - Reichstagsakten
1890/91, 8. Legislaturperiode, Volume 136, Attachment
26
and Attachment
47
:
Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa - Reichstagsakten
1890/91, 8. Legislaturperiode, Band 137, Attachment
165
:
Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa Band - South and East African Year Book and Guide
, edited by A. Samler Brown and G. Gordon Brown, London, 26. Aufl., 1920
(Excerpts)
- cfr. also: German Colonial Lexikon, edition of 1920, click search S, Deutsch-Ostafrika, posted by: Bildarchiv der Stadt- und Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt

- Certificate
of Liberation for a former slave, issued by the Government of German East Africa, 1911, posted by World History Connected

2.5 Stiller Ozean 2.5.1 Samoa 1830-1899
- Samoa: Commerce, Consular Rights, Shipping, November 5., 1839, from
Avalon Projekt
,
from Samoa-Sensation.com - Leutnant
William Reynolds in a letter No. 11, December 1839 over Samoa, from
Samoa-Sensation.com
 - Bismarck holding the earth and reaching for Samoa while ignoring U.S. protests by Bayard and Whitney,
from American Memory
 - Typhoons and Hurricanes: The Storm at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
,
from Naval Historical Center
,
from Samoa-Sensation.com
- cfr. also: German Colonial Lexikon, edition of 1920, click search S, Samoa, posted by: Bildarchiv der Stadt- und Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt

2.5.1.1 American Interests in Samoa- Some Aspects of the Samoan Question, by George H. Bates
, from
Cornell University Library
 - Our Relations to Samoa, by George H. Bates
,
from Cornell University Library
 - The War of 1893 by Robert Louis Stevenson
,
from Samoa-Sensation.com
 - Our
Interest in Samoa, by Hon. Henry C. Ide,
from
Cornell University Library
- The Imbroglio in Samoa, by Henry C. Ide
, from Cornell Universitiy Library
2.5.2.
Marshall-Islands - Marshall Islands History Sources , edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann
2.6
East Asia (Kiautschou)
- cfr. documents under Weltpolitik, 4.1 "Hunnenrede" und Boxeraufstand
- Giuseppe Messerotti Benvenuti, Un italiano nella Cina dei Boxer, Lettere e fotografie (1900-1901)
(G.M.Benvenuti,
An Italian in China of the Boxer, Letters and photographies.
Exposition Modena 2000 (u.c.)
(Comune
Modena)
- cfr. also: German Colonial Lexikon, edition of 1920, click search K, Kiautschou, posted by: Bildarchiv der Stadt- und Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt

1
Atlas of Germany's Colonies, edited by the German Colonial Society.
Berlin 1905 (1906, 1907, 1908, 1918, 1905-41)
2 Atlas of Germany's Colonies and Illustrated Yearbook, edited by the German Colonial Society. Berlin 1906 (1909,
1910, 1912, 1913, 1914); without a digital conversion of the numerous pictures for qualitative reasons.
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1. Imperialist Ideologies
- Program of the Pan-German League, 1890-1898 , from Modern History Source Book

- Bernhard
von Bülow: "Hammer
und Amboß", Rede vor dem Reichstag am 11.Dezember 1899 (Hammer and Anvil Speech before the Reichstag, Excerpts)
from World War I Document Archiv

- Kaiser
Wilhelm II: "Hun-Speech" Bremerhaven, Juli 27, 1900 (Version 1: Nordwestdeutsche Zeitung, Bremerhaven, Juli 28, 1900
,
from H-Net
, Version 2: Reichsanzeiger, Berlin, nonofficial Part, from Deutsches
Historisches Museum ,
from H-Net
; Synopsis of both Speeches
2. Naval Policy
- Alfred von Tirpitz begründet die 2. Flottenvorlage (1900)
3. The Deutsches Reich, the European Powers and their Colonial Interests- Bismarck
on the english Policy in Egypt (Speech in the Reichstag, March 13, 1885, Protokolle S.
1798, S.
1799, S.
1800, S.
1801) from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Convention Revising the General Act of Berlin, 26 February 1885, And the General Act and Declaration of Brussels, 2 July 1890, St. Germain-en-Laye, 10.9.1919; cfr. (scroll down) General Act of Berlin of 26 February 1885, Berlin, from Australian Treaty Series; cfr. (scroll down) General Act of the Brussels Conference, and Declaration
- Übereinkommen
zwischen Deutschland und England betreffend Zanzibar und Interessensphären
in Ostafrika, Berlin, 13. Januar 1887 (convention between Germany and England concerning Zanzibar and spheres of interests in East Africa) (Reichstagsakten 1886/87, 6.
Legislaturperiode, Band 104, S.367,
S.368,
S.369,
S.370)
- Germany, France, and General European Politics, by Mr De Blowitz
, from
Cornell University Library

- The German Emperor and the Russian Menace, by Poultney Bigelow
, from
Cornell University Library

- "Germania
delenda est" - Saturday Review (11.9.1897)
- British Foreign Policy by A.B.C., etc.
, in:
National Review, November 1901, from World War I Document Archiv

- Final Act of the Second Peace Conference
, from Human Rights Library

- Britain's Policy as Outlined in the Speech in Parliament of the Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey
,
March 29, 1909, posted by Professor Joseph V. O'Brien

- About the allocation of the Portuguese colonies in Africa between Great Britain and Germany, 1913, from World War I Document Archiv
3.1 Colonial Horse Trade
- Heligoland-Zanzibar-Contract, Agreement between Great Britain and Germany (PDF-Datei), 1. Juli 1890, from Traditionsverband.de
- About the allocation of the Portuguese colonies in Africa between Great Britain and Germany, 1913, from World War I Document Archiv
4. Out-of-Europe Crises and Conflicts
- The Chino-Japanese War,
and the East-Asiatic Triple Alliance, from Mount
Holyoke College
- The First Moroccan Crisis: The Landing of Wilhelm II in Tangier, Report of Councillor von Schoen, Envoy in the Imperial Suite, to the German Foreign Office,
from Red Shadow History
- General Act Of the Algeciras Conference relating to the Affairs of Morocco,
7. April 1906,
from Red Shadow History
- Agreement Between Germany And France Relative To Morocco,
from Red Shadow History
4.1 "Hun Speech" and Boxer Rising- Wilhelm
II. speech to the punitive expedition for China (Wilhelmshaven, 2.
Juli 1900)
,
from H-Net
- Kaiser
Wilhelm II: "Hun Speech" Bremerhaven, July 27, 1900 (Version 1: Nordwestdeutsche Zeitung, Bremerhaven, July 28, 1900
,
from H-Net
, Fassung
2: Reichsanzeiger, Berlin, nonofficial Part, from Deutsches
Historisches Museum ,
from H-Net
; Synopsis
beider Reden  - The Neue Preußische
Zeitung (Kreuzzeitung) on 28.Juli 1900 criticizes the Wolffsche-Telegraphen-Bureau because of delayed publication of the Kaiser speeech from the day before (Hunnenrede)
- Bülow zur Hunnenrede, von Louise Schröder Gymnasium
- "Bremerhavener
Kaisertage" - Die Einschiffung des ostasiatischen
Expeditionskorps (Bilddateien)
 - Die
New
York Times berichtet am 23. Juli 1900 über die Boxeraufstände
 - Fei
Ch'i-hao, The
Boxer Rebellion, from
Modern History Sourcebook
 - Tagebuch
Wilhelm Kaudel, S.M.S. " Hansa " 1899 - 1902; 35
Seiten (China vgl. S. 5-18, Australien S. 18-31), von sms-hansa.de
- A German soldier reports from China - Excerpt from a 'Hunnenbrief' (Hun letter)
 - Boxer-Protocol, posted by Professor Joseph V. O'Brien
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2. Rebellion in Deutsch-Ostafrika 1888/1889- Reichstagsakten
1888/89, 7. Legislaturperiode, Volume 121, Attachment 41
, Attachment
60
and Attachment
76
: Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa - Reichstagsakten
1889/90, 7. Legislaturperiode, Volume 127, Attachment
44
,
Attachment 78
and Attachment
118
: Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa - Reichstagsakten
1890/91, 8. Legislaturperiode, Volume 136, Attachment
26
and Attachment
47
:
Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa - Reichstagsakten
1890/91, 8. Legislaturperiode, Band 137, Attachment
165
:
Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa Band
3. Boxer Rising
-
cfr. documents under Weltpolitik, 4.1 "Hun Speech" and Boxer Rising
4. Herero Rebellion, 1904-1905
- Retrospect on Deutsch-Suedwestafrika's Development in 1904, in: Kolonialatlas1
1905
 - Retrospect on Deutsch-Suedwestafrika's Development in 1905, in: Kolonialatlas1
1906
 5. The German Colonies in World War I - The War in Togo, in: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch. Berlin
1918
 - The War in Kamerun, in: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch. Berlin
1918
 - The War in Deutsch-Suedwestafrika, in: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit
Jahrbuch. Berlin 1918
 - The War in Deutsch-Ostafrika, in: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit
Jahrbuch. Berlin 1918
 - The
War with Germany in East Africa, in: South and East African Year Book and Guide (Jahrbuch und
Führer: Süd- und Ostafrika), 26th edition, 1920, p.520-521E
 - The War in the South Pacific, in: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch.
Berlin 1918
 - The War in Kiautschou, in: Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch.
Berlin 1918
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