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| Adolph Capelle and Anton DeBrum were the real founders of the copra trade in Micronesia. Capelle, a German, and DeBrum, a Portuguese from the Azores, met on Ebon in the early 1860s and established a partnership. They rapidly expanded the business and soon became the leading copra exporters in the area. |
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(Marshallese Cultural Center, Kwajelain)