An 1889 expedition sent by this empire occupied the port of Sagallo in Djibouti, but was forced to withdraw by French troops. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this empire whose “American Company” was urged to conquer Hawaii in the Schäffer affair and established a line of settlements as far south as Fort Ross.
ANSWER: Russian empire
[10h] This Flemish city was the namesake of an 18th-century Austrian company established to trade with China. This company was forced to close in return for British and Dutch recognition of the Pragmatic Sanction.
ANSWER: Ostend Company [or Oostendse Compagnie; or Compagnie d’Ostende]
[10e] Russia and Austria were among the powers that gained no territory at the Berlin Conference, which this “Iron Chancellor” of Germany convened shortly to organize the Scramble for Africa.
ANSWER: Otto von Bismarck
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