Slide Title

Road Connecting Mindelo and Baìa das Gatas

Creator

David Baxter, Rhode Island College

Slide ID

CV-80-086

_pkUnique ID

CV80086

Slide Date

1980

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Island

São Vicente

Province or Jurisdiction

São Vicente

City / Village

Baìa das Gatas

Date

1980

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.

Keywords

landscape; transportation; mountains; roads;

Notes

Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001). pp. 112, 210-212

Copyright

Rhode Island College

Box

1

Folder

1

Image Dimensions

5242x3493

Software

VueScan

Date Time Scanned

4-8-2010 12:00 AM

Color Space

RGB

File Size

2.4 MB

Document Type

Image