i don't pfluger this was a man of dubious reputation his tobacco plantations in mexico had failed as had his attempts to establish business operations in west africa now he had his sights set on the bay of picking up he began negotiations with a local number of people. their negotiations specified english miles but the purchase contract specified german miles 4 and a half times as much land as had been agreed. this fraud accounted for i don't have to go it says enormous estate german emperor villa one of the 1st issue to rid of protection and on august 7th 1904 the imperial flag was raised over the navy and coast. i grew up it was renamed you know its base. this was just the beginning soon the german protectorate encompassed one and a half times as much land as germany itself. like elsewhere in europe the population of germany was growing rapidly as was the demand for food. europe was bursting at the seams and increasingly set its sights on overseas colonies the newly founded german empire was also flexing its muscles in search of raw materials cheap labor and land for colonial settl