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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1840 CE

Walvis Bay

Also known as

Badia de Walbis
Bahia de Walvis
Bahia Walvis
Bahía de Walvis
Bahía Walvis
Baia della Balena

Image illustrating Walvis Bay — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Walvis Baysee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

birthplace ofAlexei Kervezee1989 CE
birthplace ofConrad Marais1989 CE
birthplace ofFillemon Kanalelo1971 CE
birthplace ofNeshani Andreas1964 CE
birthplace ofStian Bam1977 CE
birthplace ofZhivago Groenewald1993 CE

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