Porto Grande Harbour, St. Vincent (Sao Vicente), Cape Verde Islands. The photographer is looking north from the shore in front of the Avenue Marginal at Mindelo showing rowing boats drawn up on the beach. The boat on the left has Sao Marcos on her transom. Lighters, a steam tug, sloops and schooners are anchored or moored just offshore. Anchored further out are two general cargo steamships, a cable vessel and a Canadian Pacific Steamships Duchess class (1928) cruise ship. They are all seen from off the starboard beam and the cruise ship is one of Duchess of Atholl (1928), Duchess of Bedford (1928) or Duchess of Richmond (1928).