Old Calabar

Japanese: オールド・カラバル - おーるどからばる
Old Calabar

…Located at the mouth of the Calabar River near the border with neighboring Cameroon, it flourished as an export port for palm oil, palm kernels, cocoa, rubber, slaves, and other goods since ancient times. In the 19th century, it became a British trading base, first as the central city of the Oil River Protectorate and then the Niger River Coast Protectorate, and was the earliest trading port in the Nigerian colony, so much so that it was called Old Calabar until 1904. [Terutaro Nishino]. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Old Calabar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…隣国カメルーンとの国境に近いカラバル川の河口にあり,古くからヤシ油,ヤシ核,カカオ,ゴム,奴隷などの輸出港として栄えた。19世紀にイギリスの貿易基地となり,最初はオイル・リバー保護領,次いでニジェール川沿岸保護領の中心都市として,1904年までオールド・カラバルと呼ばれたほど,ナイジェリア植民地で最も早い貿易港であった。【西野 照太郎】。…

※「オールド・カラバル」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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