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Jantzen & Thormählen
Summary
Jantzen & Thormählen was a German firm based in Hamburg that was established to exploit the resources of Cameroon. The firm's commercial and political influence was a major factor in the establishment of the colony of Kamerun in 1884.
Coastal trade
Until the later part of the 19th century, most German trade with Africa passed through Hamburg.
The Carl and Adolf Woermann Firm, established in 1837 by the Hamburg merchant Carl Woermann, entered the West African market in 1849 and came to dominate the trade of the region.
Jantzen and Thormahlen were initially agents of Adolph Woermann's Woermann-Linie.
Johannes Thormählen was the firm’s agent in Gabon, and Wilhelm Jantzen was the Woermann agent in Liberia.
After they established their own firm in 1875, they maintained contact with Woermann.
Woermann, Jantzen & Thormählen and other German firms controlled a network of trading posts in different parts of West Africa.
About half the trade with Kamerun was German-controlled.
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