White Sand Near Vila do Maio

Creator

David Baxter

Slide ID

CV-89-010

_pkUnique ID

CV89010

Slide Date

1-1-1989

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Island

Maio

Identifier

CV89010

City / Village

Vila do Maio

Date

January 1989

Description

A view of Vila do Maio across the white sands of a nearby beach. This view shows how flat and dry the island is. It has been called the "forgotten island," and it's principle resource is salt, which was heavy mined and exported from the 16th to the 19th century.

Keywords

landscape, beach, white sand, vila do maio, Maio

Notes

Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001). pp. 150

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, "White Sand Near Vila do Maio" (1989). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 831.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/831