Els primers alemanys presents a l'Oceà Pacífic Sud probablement van ser mariners a bord dels vaixells dirigits per Abel Tasman en el seu primer viatge, el capità del vaixell Heemskerck va ser un Holleman (o Holman), nascut a Jever al nordóest d'Alemanya.[1][2] Els mercaders de la Lliga Hanseàticavan ser els primers a establir-hi factories. Johann Cesar Godeffroy & Sohn d'Hamburg, van tenir la seu central a Samoa des de 1857 i operaven als Mars del Sud, especialment en el mercat de la copra i van portar immigrants alemanys.[3] A finals de la dècada de 1870, una activa minoria de diversos partits alemanys organitzà a Alemanya diverses societats colonials per tal de persuadir Bismarck per embarcar-se en una política colonial.[4]
Moneda de 20 marcs d'or de 1895 feta per la Companyia de la Nova guinea Alemanya.
A la tornada de la seva expedició alemanya al Pacífic de 1879-1882, Otto Finsch allistà un grup interessat en l'expansió colonial alemanya dirigit pel banquer Adolph von Hansemann. Finsch els encoratjà a fundar una colònia a la costa nord-est de Nova Guinea i l'Arxipèlag de Bismarck.[5]
El 3 de novembre de 1884, sota els auspicis de la Deutsche Neuguinea-Compagnie, la bandera alemanya s'hissà sobre Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, l'Arxipèlag Bismarck i les Illes Solomon alemanyes.
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