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PMR-D7587 Morocco, Essaouira: panorama view of the port and holiday resort on the Atlantic coast. The town was founded by the Portuguese in1506 with the name of "Magador". From the offshore "Isles Purpuraires" the Phoenicians collected murex snails which provided the famous purple dye. Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, harbour, trading centre, export-import

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
Collection: Travel
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PMR-D7587
Upload Date: 2019-04-22 12:49:04
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Morocco, Essaouira: panorama view of the port and holiday resort

on the Atlantic coast. The town was founded by the Portuguese in1506 with the name of "Magador". From the offshore "Isles Purpuraires" the Phoenicians collected murex snails which provided the famous purple dye.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, harbour, trading centre, export-import