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West Africa, Benguela

Benguela

Atlantic slave-trade port

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Portuguese Angolan slave and trade port south of Luanda

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Tidal, remote.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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