Slide ID
CV-80-019
_pkUnique ID
CV80019
Slide Date
1980
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Island
São Vicente
Identifier
CV80019
City / Village
Mindelo
Date
1980
Description
Fishing vessels docked in Porto Grande. Following independence in 1975, the docks of Porto Grande were modernized in hopes of attracting international shipping vessels to make Porto Grande a significant transhipment port as it had been in previous decades.
Keywords
transshipment; transhipment; docks; fishing vessels; Bay of Mindelo; Porto Grande; harbor;
Social Theme
Commerce
Box
1
Folder
1
Image Dimensions
5236x3437
Software
VueScan
Date Time Scanned
30-7-2010 12:00 AM
Color Space
RGB
File Size
3.5 MB
Document Type
Image
Recommended Citation
Baxter, David, "Scenes of Mindelo: Porto Grande" (1980). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 15.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/15
Province or Jurisdiction
São Vicente
Keywords
transshipment; transhipment; docks; fishing vessels; Bay of Mindelo; Porto Grande; harbor;
Notes
Foy, Colm. Cape Verde: Politics, Economics and Society. (New York, 1988) pp. 108, 117