A photograph of the German explorer and colonial administrator Carl Peters (1856-1918). He was instrumental in establishing German East Africa in the 1880s but was later dismissed for his brutal regime.
German Federal Archives
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183-R30019, B. B. (2026, March 26). Carl Peters. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21702/carl-peters/
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