Road Connecting Mindelo and Baìa das Gatas

Baxter, David

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Description

The dirt road that winds between the mountains in this photo connects Mindelo to Baìa das Gatas. the travel time is 15 minutes but requires a four-wheel drive vehicle. Baîa das Gatas is home to a natural lagoon, semi-permenant fishing camps and weekend resorts. Doting the landscape are small farms, which are surrounded by stone walls to keep goats from grazing on crops.

Details

Title

Road Connecting Mindelo and Baìa das Gatas

Creator

Baxter, David

Date

1980

Other Identifiers

Local: MSS-0079-b10-f01-086

Keyword

landscape ; transportation ; mountains ; roads

Geographic Coverage

São Vicente

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. 112, 210-212

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Special Collections > David Baxter papers