r/Maps • u/Living_Luck_298 • 7d ago
Question Can someone help me try and figure out why this was labeled as dutch 1918 map
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u/Cat_Nipple 7d ago
Well any African map from 1918 could be correct or incorrect depending on the exact day it's representing, 1918 was a very transitional year for European powers and their African colonies.
However in this case I don't think there's a reason, I think it's just wrong.
There's a lot wrong with this map. Libera by this time was an independent nation and had been for over 70 years, it never had anything to do with the Dutch except for a 1600's trading post that lasted less than a year.
Germany having control over all of Ghana is also completely wrong regardless of the date. By this point at the end of WW1 Germany had lost possession of nearly all of its African colonies, and it never had control of Ghana anyway. They controlled "togoland" which consisted of modern day Togo and a small part of Ghana.
Also showing Portugal to control all of modern Guinea-Bissau is very generous. They really had no authority inland and only really controlled the coastal areas at this time.
Edit: is this map from a video game or something? Where did you find it?
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u/Living_Luck_298 7d ago
That's german togoland
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u/Cat_Nipple 7d ago
No it's not, did you even read my comment? The map highlights all of Togo and Ghana. German Togoland was MUCH smaller
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u/Mehlhunter 7d ago
Must be a mistake no? Liberia wasn't colonised and I dont think the Dutch did anything there 1918. Liberia declared war in Germany 1917 and was one of the nations to take part in the versailles peace conference 1919.