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The venture was a success, and he began increasing the size of his fleet to accommodate the increasing demand for coffee in London. During the rest of the 1840s, he diverted his other ships from the fruit trade to the coffee trade. Then, starting in 1850, he commissioned the construction of five
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Since its independence in 1821, Costa Rica had found no regular trade routes for its coffee in
European markets. This was compounded by transportation problems. The coffee-growing areas were located in the central part of the country and it was impossible, because of the mountains and the rainy
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to the northern border was an arduous one. Le
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Le
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Lacheur is widely credited in Costa Rica with having transformed the economy of the country by establishing a direct regular trade route for Costa Rican coffee growers to the European market, thereby helping to establish the Costa Rican coffee trade.
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took two Costa Rican schoolboys JosĂ© MarĂa
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In addition to his contribution to the Costa Rican economy through establishing trade routes, Le
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