From that time it was constantly changing hands - Greeks, Bulgarians, Hungarians, replacing each other in turn.
The docks, which covered an area of 7 acres, were opened in 1847, and after thrice changing hands were made over in 1858 to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, a body created by act of 1857, to control the harbourage on both sides of the river.
Puerto Cabello suffered much in the War of Independence, changing hands several times and remaining in the possession of Spain down to 1823.
Homel was founded in the 12th century, and after changing hands several times between Poles and Russians was annexed to Russia in 1772.
The e-mail name may look like some crafty gold speculator, but these anonymous offers with no money changing hands sound fictional to me.
