Ambas Bay

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Ambas Bay is a bay of southwest Cameroon, joining to the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies along Ambas Bay. [1] Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was lated 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.britannica.co.uk
  2. ^ www.bakweri.org
  3. ^ www.worldstatesmen.org

Coordinates: 4°00′N 9°11′E / 4, 9.183