The West Coast of Africa: Fishing Canoes off Cape Verde

This image depicts line fishing from canoes off of the Cape Verde islands. Also shows loin cloths and hairstyles of fishermen and gives some idea of the heavy surf.

Image Title

The West Coast of Africa: Fishing Canoes off Cape Verde

RegID

SI-OB-1086

Date

1880

Title

The West Coast of Africa: Fishing Canoes off Cape Verde

Source

The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (London), vol. 22 (1880), p. 653.

Language

English

Item sets

Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture

Spatial Coverage

Africa--Cabo Verde

Reproduced In

The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (London), vol. 22 (1880), p. 653. "

Researchers

Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Identifier

Graphic653