- Science (2) Germany and Its Colonies: Travels through the
Empire and Its Overseas Possessions, with the Collaboration of
Arthur Achleitner, Johannes Biernatzki, et al. This 538-page
work with its 1,367 illustrations reflects German national pride
in the early 20th century, a period of rapid economic growth and
scientific and cultural achievement in the German Empire. Most
of the book deals with Germany proper, which at that time
included Alsace-Lorraine, conquered from France in the Franco-
Prussian War of 1870-71. A concluding chapter is devoted to
Germany’s overseas empire, which had grown rapidly since the
achievement of national unity in 1871. Germany’s colonies
included Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa (present-day
Namibia), German East ... Contributions to the Geography of
South-West Africa Fritz Jaeger and Leo Waibel were professors of
geography in Germany who, in late 1913, were commissioned by the
German colonial office to explore the northern part of German
South-West Africa (present-day Na