Salt Pans Outside Vila do Maio (1 of 6)

Creator

David Baxter

Slide ID

CV-89-048

_pkUnique ID

CV89048

Slide Date

1-1-1989

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Island

Maio

Identifier

CV89048

Date

January 1989

Description

These large salt pans, or salinas, located near Vila do Maio, were the islands main source of income for centuries. Salt from these pans was transported to an English port where it was then shipped to various countries around the world. The business tapered off in the 19th century when the principal market for salt at the time, Brazil, introduced tariffs.

Keywords

salt pans, salinas, industry, resources

Notes

Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001). pp. 148-9

Copyright

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Box

1

Folder

12

Software

VueScan

Date Time Scanned

May 2012

Color Space

RGB

Document Type

Image

Recommended Citation

Baxter, David, "Salt Pans Outside Vila do Maio (1 of 6)" (1989). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 864.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/864