Sunset at Tarrafal, São Nicolau

Baxter, David

Image

Description

Fishing vessels on the shore and fishermen gather on the beach as the day ends in Tarrafal, a port town on the northwestern coast of São Nicolau. The town is centered around it's fishing community, and in 1980, the year of this photograph, the towns first commercial cannery opened.

Details

Title

Sunset at Tarrafal, São Nicolau

Creator

Baxter, David

Date

1980

Other Identifiers

Local: MSS-0079-b10-f02-176

Keyword

fishing vessels ; shore ; waterfront ; coast ; port town

Geographic Coverage

Tarrafal Municipality

Type

Image

In

David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs

Note

Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001). pp. 248-9

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