2to, foolscap, text clean, with the original printed wraps, single m.s pencil notation to the cover, pen note to the verso. In good condition. [1], 3, [1]pp. London, HMSO, p.r. Harrison & Sons, 1890.
A rare governmental publication presenting the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury's letter to Sir Edward Malet, his Ambassador to the German Empire. It briefs him on the preliminary agreements between Britain and Germany on their respective claims in East Africa, Togoland and the status of Heligoland.
Formalising the spheres of influence of both powers, the agreement gave Germany the strategic island of Heligoland in the North Sea, the Caprivi Strip in SW Africa and control over the Dar es Salaam coast. In return, Germany ceeded the Sultanate of Witu (inland from Lamu) and other parts of East Africa necessary to build the railway to Lake Victoria to the British. It also established the exclusive British protectorate over the Island of Zanzibar (amusingly under the auspice ideals of suppressing the slave trade in the region).
The agreement became known as the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty (also known as the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890). It was signed on 1 July by Malet, Anderson, Krauel, and the German Chancellor Leo von Caprivi. Whilst brief, It is a defining document for the wider region, affecting the establishment of the German East Africa Company and establishing the grievances of the Sultanate of Witu falling under British control.
Rare. OCLC locates a single holding at Birmingham University.
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