Ambas Bay is a bay of southwest Cameroon.
Geography The bay opens towards the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies on the shore of Ambas Bay.
History Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was later renamed Victoria. in 1884 Britain established the Ambas Bay Protectorate, of which Victoria was the capital. It was then ceded to Germany in 1887.www.worldstatesmen.org
Colonial governors of Ambas Bay TenureIncumbentNotesVictoria Colony1858Foundation of Victoria Colony by English Baptist Missionary Society1858 to 1876Alfred Saker, 1877 to 1878George Grenfell, 1878 to 1879Q. W. Thomson, 1879 to July 1884..., British Ambas Bay Protectorate19 July 1884 July 1884 to 21 April 1885Edward H. Hewitt, 21 April 1885 to 28 March 1887..., 28 March 1887Ambas Bay becomes part of German possessions
See also Communes of Cameroon
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