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Copper shipping and the Atlantic coast

Port Nolloth developed as an Atlantic seaport serving Namaqualand's nineteenth-century copper-mining industry.

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Port Nolloth developed as an Atlantic seaport serving Namaqualand's nineteenth-century copper-mining industry. Maritime trade and the movement of ore connected inland mines to wider markets, while fishing and other coastal activities later became part of local livelihoods.

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