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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.

Title
Sunset at Tarrafal, São Nicolau
Creator
Baxter, David
Date
1980
Other identifiers
MSS-0079-b10-f02-176 - Local
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

Preferred Citation
David Baxter papers, MSS-0079, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
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