Angra Pequeña

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The Small Cove of Angra Pequeña
The Small Cove of Angra Pequeña

Angra Pequeña (Portuguese for "small cove", German: Lüderitzbucht), was a small coastal area in Southwest Africa. First discovered in 1487 by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias, it was made into a trading station by German trader Adolf Lüderitz in 1883 who renamed it Lüderitz. Under the belief that Britain was about to claim the area as a protectorate, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, on the advice of Lüderitz, proclaimed a German protectorate over the station and the surrounding area on 7 August 1884. The location then became the base for Germany's conquest of what became German South West Africa, today known as Namibia.

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Coordinates: 26°37′35″S, 15°08′32″E

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