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The Diamond Coast

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April 14th 2011
Thursday April 14th, 2011 At the Dock- Luderitz, Namibia Latitude 26 degrees 38 minutes’ south- Longitude 15 degrees 09 minutes’ east This area of the African continent is known as the Diamond Coast and this morning we made a stop in the small fishing and mining village of Luderitz. Originally founded by German explorers in 1883, it is now a quaint backwater filled with historic buildings ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Luderitz

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more