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Tanzania, Zanzibar Urban/West

Zanzibar (Stone Town)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Sultanate and trade-emporium glass: European wines, beer, Indian and British stoneware; Stone Town is World Heritage listed.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

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