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  • Collection: Baxter Collection of Images of Cape Verde

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Freshly caught tuna is weighed in a tuna cannery before it moves on to processing. This cannery, located in Tarrafal, is believed to be the first commercial cannery to be opened in Cape Verde.

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Workers weigh tuna fish as it is brought into this cannery in Tarrafal. It is believed to be the first cannery to open in Cape Verde.

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A worker in a tuna cannery processes meat in preparation for canning. This cannery is located in Tarrafal, São Nicolau.

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A worker in a tuna cannery processes meat in preparation for canning. This cannery is located in Tarrafal, São Nicolau.

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A worker in a tuna cannery processes meat in preparation for canning. This cannery is located in Tarrafal, São Nicolau.

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Two unidentified workers at a tuna cannery in Tarrafal, São Nicolau.

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Workers at a tuna cannery in Tarrafal, São Nicolau, remove the meat from tuna in preparation for canning. This cannery is believed to be the first in Cape Verde.

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Workers handle freshly caught tuna at a cannery in Tarrafal.

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Workers at tuna cannery prepare a fresh catch of tuna for processing and canning.

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A worker at a tuna cannery decapitates freshly caught tuna in order to prepare it for processing and canning. This cannery is believed to be the first to open in Cape Verde.

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An unidentified family poses for a portrait in Tarrafal.

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An unidentified mother and child in Tarrafal, São Nicolau. She appears to be milling corn to make corn meal or flour. Note the cobblestone street, a trademark of the Cape Verde islands.

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Unidentified women, residents of Tarrafal, São Nicolau, prepare dried corn with a mortar and pestle. Note also the cobblestone streets, which are a trademark of Cape Verde cities and villages.

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A contour map of the islands Fogo and Brava, a detail from a larger map showing the entire Cape Verde archipelago. Note the contour of Fogo, which contains Pico do Fogo, the highest point in Cape Verde, and active volcano.

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An aerial view of Fogo, a an almost perfectly round island containing one large, active volcano. Pico do Fogo, the volcano itself, is the highest point in Cape Verde. The last erruption to date (2012) was in 1995. This photograph was made in 1981.

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An aerial view of Fogo shows vegetation and settlements on the slope of the volcano. This photograph was made in 1981. In 1995 an eruption caused all the residents of the island to be evacuated as many the homes were destroyed.

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An aerial view of São Felipe and Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. The port is north of the the town center of São Felipe. Notice the sea protection wall that juts out into the ocean, designed to protect ships from the rough waves and strong winds that…

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An aerial view of São Felipe shows beautiful stone bridges that cross steep valleys on this coastal road.

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An aerial view of São Felipe shows the mixture of decaying homes with beautiful pastel buildings with terracotta tiled roofs.

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Three unidentified residents stand outside this building, believed to be an apartment complex, but it could also be a resort. São Felipe sits of the western coast of Fogo and is home to the islands sea and air ports. The architecture of the city is…

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A busy market scene in São Felipe, the main city on Fogo. Although the island is home to a large and active volcano, and also because of it, it is a well populated island due to the high fertility of the soil. São Felipe is known for it's pastel…

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Two female residents of São Felipe pose for a photograph. They appear to be taking a break from some activity, perhaps sorting or selling firewood. In the background, some of the pastel buildings and terracotta roofs that this city is known for.

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A view from above shows a beach near São Felipe from which a group of fishermen appear to be returning from a days work on the ocean. This photograph is taken from atop on of Fogo's ominous cliffs, carved out by Atlantic breakers. The black sand…

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A long look across Fogo's ominous cliffs that hang over the islands black sand beaches. In the foreground some local fishing vessels have been dragged ashore, or perhaps are waiting to be launched (from the shadows in the picture this picture seems…

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Fishermen and their vessels on the shore of a black sand beach near São Felipe. The beaches are short and quickly give way to ominous cliffs that begin the steep slope of Fogo, the volcano island.

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A young man on the shore of Fogo holds a fresh catch over his head. It appears that he has caught a tuna and a shark.

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A young man on a Fogo beach, near São Felipe, guts a shark that has just been caught by local fishermen. The black sand beaches of Fogo are surrounded by ominous cliffs that have been carved over thousands of years by Atlantic breakers.

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A commercial fishing vessel is photographed docked near São Felipe. It is believed to be docked at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros.

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Photograph taken from the sea protection wall at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros on Fogo. The port, approximately 4 km north of São Felipe, is also a popular place for swimming because the harbor provides some protection from the sea.

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Cargo is lifted from this wooden boat by crane and moved to the docks of Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. The cargo is believed to be from a larger, commercial ship docked about 100 m off shore (see "Commercial Vessel, Docked").

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Cargo, in this photograph a car, is loaded via crane at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. Cargo is moved from a larger ship, not in this photograph, to smaller vessels that transport cargo between the ship and the dock.

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Two unidentified young women pose for a portrait at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros, a port north of São Felipe.

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Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros, just north of São Felipe. A crane is used to life cargo from smaller wooden boats to bring to a larger ship docked a couple hundred feet off shore.

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Cargo is loaded at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros, a port about four kilometers north of São Felipe that serves Fogo.

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Photographed offshore, the island of Fogo. The island is mostly a volcano, Pico do Fogo, which is still active, it's last eruption occurring in 1995.

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Cargo is transported to shore at Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros. This port serves the island of Fogo and is located about four kilometers north of São Felipe.

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Photographed from offshore, the isle of Fogo with it's 2,829 meter Pico do Fogo extending into the cloud. This is the highest point in Cape Verde.

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Porto de Vale de Cavaleiros photographed from offshore. On the horizon Pico do Fogo extends into the sky.

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Pico do Fogo, the highest point in Cape Verde, and most of the island Fogo, photographed here from offshore.

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This map illustrates the history of volcanic eruptions on the island of Fogo. "On the western slope of the island there are differentiated types passing into basanites (nepheline basalts), tephrites, and phonolites, on the salic side, and into some…

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The Pico de Fogo is the area of highest elevation on the island of Fogo. This active volcano stands 1,200 meters high. Before this picture was taken, the volcano had erupted twice; once in 1675, and again in 1847. Since then, it has erupted once in…

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This is one of the exterior sides of Pico de Fogo. Coffee beans are planted and successfully grown around the slope terrain immediately surrounding the volcano.

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The steep slope of Pico do Fogo seen from the shadowy crater below. Pico do Fogo is an active volcano, it's last eruption was in 1995 which destroyed the village of Boca Fonte.

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The slope of Pico do Fogo seen from the shadowy crater below. The voclano is still active, last erupting in 1995, an event which destroyed the nearby village of Boca Fonte and created a new peak, known simply as the 1995 peak. The Pico, standing at…

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From the slope of Pico do Fogo looking over a planes of volcanic rock intermingled with sparse vegetation that thrives on the mineral rich soil left behind by an eruption. The last eruption occurred in 1995, an event that completely destroyed the…

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Photograph from the top of Pico do Fogo looks out into the clouds. The peak, standing at 2,829 meters, is the highest point in the Cape Verde archipelago.

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From the top of Pico do Fogo, this photograph shows the crater and lava formations around this active volcano. Pico do Fogo, at 2,829 metres is the highest point in the Cape Verde archipelago.

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Looking down from Pico do Fogo to the island below, a city can be seen on the horizon [pehaps São Felipe?].

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Landscape view of Pico do Fogo shows the craters and lava flow patterns, but also the steep slope of the original volcano.

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Photograph showing the inside of Pico do Fogo, at the time of this photograph, a dormant volcano. Since 1981 it has had one eruption, in 1995.
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