Essaouira (formerly Mogador) - Morocco
Essaouira (formerly Mogador) - tourist resort on the Western Moroccan region of Marrakesh on the Atlantic coast - occupied since prehistoric times. A good anchorage, Carthagian navigator Hanno established trading post here in the 5th century BC. Famous for the shells which produced the dye of the purple stripe in Imperial Roman senatorial togas. Jews once comprised 40% of the population (see: 10270896)
Picture No
10982443
Media ID
46708971
Size
5333px x 3478px
(3.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1910
