▁the ▁public ▁in ▁Germany . ▁The ▁colon ies ▁were ▁rom antic ized . ▁Ge olog ists ▁and ▁cart ograph ers ▁expl ored ▁what ▁were ▁the ▁un mark ed ▁regions ▁on ▁European ▁maps , ▁ident ifying ▁mountains ▁and ▁rivers , ▁and ▁dem arc ating ▁boundaries . ▁ ▁Hermann ▁Det z ner ▁and ▁one ▁Captain ▁N ug ent , ▁R . A ., ▁had ▁charge ▁of ▁a ▁joint ▁project ▁to ▁dem arc ate ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁German ▁front iers ▁of ▁Cam ero on , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 . ▁Tra vel ers ▁and ▁newspaper ▁rep or ters ▁brought ▁back ▁stories ▁of ▁black ▁and ▁brown ▁n atives ▁serving ▁German ▁man agers ▁and ▁sett lers . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁susp ic ions ▁and ▁reports ▁of ▁colonial ▁mal fe as ance , ▁cor ruption ▁and ▁brut ality ▁in ▁some ▁prote ctor ates , ▁and ▁Luther an ▁and ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁mission aries ▁dispatch ed ▁disturb ing ▁reports ▁to ▁their ▁mission ▁headquarters ▁in ▁Germany . ▁ ▁German ▁colonial ▁diplom atic ▁efforts ▁remained ▁commer cially ▁inspired , ▁" the ▁colonial ▁economy ▁was ▁th riv ing ▁... ▁and ▁roads , ▁rail ways , ▁sh ipping ▁and ▁te legraph ▁communic ations ▁were ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁minute ." ▁Over ha ul ▁of ▁the ▁colonial ▁administrative ▁appar atus ▁thus ▁set ▁the ▁stage ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁and ▁most ▁prom ising ▁period ▁of ▁German ▁colonial ism . ▁Bern hard ▁D ern burg ' s ▁declaration ▁that ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁population ▁in ▁the ▁prote ctor ates ▁" was ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁factor