Nigeria, Rivers State
Opobo palm-oil kingdom trading creeks
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: trade manillas.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
King Jaja founded Opobo in 1870 and dominated the palm-oil trade until his 1887 deportation; hulk moorings and factory beaches line the creeks.
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