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  1. Geography

  2. History

     Colonial governors of Ambas Bay 

  3. References

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Ambas Bay is a bay of southwest Cameroon.

Geography

The bay opens towards the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies on the shore of Ambas Bay.[1]

History

Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was later renamed Victoria.[2] in 1884 Britain established the Ambas Bay Protectorate, of which Victoria was the capital. It was then ceded to Germany in 1887.[3]

Colonial governors of Ambas Bay

TenureIncumbentNotes
Victoria Colony
1858Foundation of Victoria Colony by English Baptist Missionary Society
1858 to 1876Alfred Saker, {{small>Administrator}} 
1877 to 1878George Grenfell, {{small>Administrator}} 
1878 to 1879Q. W. Thomson, {{small>Administrator}} 
1879 to July 1884..., {{small>Administrator}} 
British Ambas Bay Protectorate
19 July 1884  
July 1884 to 21 April 1885Edward H. Hewitt, {{small>Administrator}} 
21 April 1885 to 28 March 1887..., {{small>Administrator}} 
28 March 1887Ambas Bay becomes part of German possessions

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.britannica.co.uk/britannica_browse/l/l25.html |title=www.britannica.co.uk |access-date=2007-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061211/http://www.britannica.co.uk/britannica_browse/l/l25.html |archive-date=2007-09-28 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bakweri.org/2007/03/the_early_times.html|title=The Early Times in Victoria (Limbe)|publisher=|accessdate=26 October 2016}}
3. ^www.worldstatesmen.org
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