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West Africa & Atlantic, Saint Helena

Jamestown, St. Helena

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Napoleon-era French material, three centuries of ship refuse..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1659-1900

James Bay's seabed bottle finds by divers are documented; the island's EIC and Napoleon eras are exhaustively recorded.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Extreme remoteness
James Bay swell.

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