Slide ID
CV-89-052
_pkUnique ID
CV89052
Slide Date
1-1-1989
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Island
Maio
Identifier
CV89052
Date
January 1989
Description
Piles of salt arranged near a salt pan on Maio. A woman transports some using a container balanced on her head. 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
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 (5 of 6)" (1989). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 868.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/868
Keywords
salt pans, salinas, industry, resources
Notes
Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001). pp. 148-9