Flag of the German New Guinea Company (1885–1899).
The German New Guinea Company (German: Deutsche Neuguinea-Kompagnie) was a German Chartered Company which exploited insular territory in and near present Papua New Guinea.
History
In 1884, the New Guinea Company was founded in Berlin for the purpose of colonising and exploiting resources on Neu Guinea (German New Guinea), where German interest grew after British Queensland's annexation of part of eastern New Guinea.
Its influence soon grew to encompass the entire north-eastern part of New Guinea and some of the islands off the coast.
The Imperial German Government took official control in 1899.
Sources
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Colonies
Wituland · German East Africa (Tanganyika · Rwanda · Burundi · Kionga Triangle) · Togoland · German South-West Africa (Namibia) · German West Africa (Kamerun · Neukamerun)
German New Guinea (German Solomon Islands · German Marshall Islands · Caroline Islands · German Mariana Islands · Nauru · Palau) · German Samoa
Concessions
Unrecognised
British
Company of Merchant Adventurers of London · Company of Merchant Adventurers · London and Bristol Company · African Company of Merchants · Muscovy Company · Spanish Company · Eastland Company · Morocco Company · East India Company · Levant Company · Virginia Company · French Company · Massachusetts Bay Company · Providence Island Company · Royal West Indian Company · Hudson's Bay Company · Royal African Company · Greenland Company · South Sea Company · Sierra Leone Company · North Borneo Company · Royal Niger Company · South Africa Company
French
Company of One Hundred Associates · Compagnie de l'Occident · Compagnie du Mississippi · Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique · Compagnie des Indes Occidentales · Compagnie des Indes Orientales
German
Brandenburg African Company · Emden Company · West African Company · New Guinea Company · East Africa Company
Portuguese
Low Countries
Dutch East India Company · Nordic Company · New Netherland Company · Dutch West India Company · Ostend Company
Scandinavian
Danish East India Company · Danish West India Company · Royal Greenland · New Sweden Company · Swedish Africa Company · Swedish East India Company · Swedish West India Company · Swedish Levant Company
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