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Antofagasta

Port, Chile, founded 1868.

About Antofagasta

City in Antofagasta Region, Chile.1

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Trade routes

Shipped throughChilean nitrate from Antofagasta to EuropeAntofagasta was an end of the chilean nitrate from antofagasta to europe route.2Shipped throughBolivian tin from Antofagasta to LiverpoolAntofagasta was an end of the bolivian tin from antofagasta to liverpool route.3Shipped throughBolivian tin from Oruro to Antofagasta (railway)Antofagasta was an end of the bolivian tin from oruro to antofagasta (railway) route.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3612 (Antofagasta)
  2. Correa Vera L., Del poder a los tratados: desarrollo y ferrocarriles en Bolivia, 1870-1904 Historia 46(2) (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, via Redalyc)
  3. Hillman J., The Emergence of the Tin Industry in Bolivia Journal of Latin American Studies 16(2) (Cambridge University Press)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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