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By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide to African History

1 July 1890 - The Scramble for Africa: The Heligoland Treaty

Wednesday July 1, 2009
What is the connection between an island in the North Sea and the reason why Mt Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania rather than Kenya? The answer lies in the Heligoland Treaty and Britain's Queen Victoria desire for her grandson, the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, to 'have' a mountain in Africa. Read more...

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