Gripped with Dengue Fever, Cape Verde gets help from the Gumshoe Historians
We thought our story lay only on Maio and Santiago. But Fogo — a cone rising from the ocean — is in the grips of dengue, its hospital overwhelmed and HRH brings in simple medical supplies.
Yet again we find connections back to Columbia and John Kendrick in a village at the base of the volcano. Coastal places and peoples stand connected, an ocean apart. And the wine flowed…
Interviews: Dr. Mario Sena, Hon. João Aqueleu Barbosa Amado
Locations: Hospital of São Filipe,Chã das Caldeiras and SantaCatarina
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Cape Cod’s Gumshoe Historians are off at last, crossing the Atlantic. Next stop, the African archipelago of Cape Verde. The Columbia Expedition stopped here in November 1787, anchoring at the tiny island of Isle of May (Maio) at Porto Ingles.
The village on “English Roads” is a former slave entrepôt still bears the marks of human trafficking from centuries ago. So why did Captain Kendrick choose this barren little island to bring Columbia and Washington to? And why stay here for a week when the capital of the islands, Praia, lay just across the channel?
Hit and Run History finds some answers. And a ton of sunshine, sandy beaches and a friendly faces.
Locations: Logan Airport, Boston; Praia and Port Ingles, Maio, Cape Verde.
Interviews: Joshua M. Smith, AlanMcClennen, Jr.
This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Cape Cod’s Intrepid Gumshoe Historians laugh in the face of death
Captain Kendrick’s sword is DONE. So Andrew Buckley and his Gumshoe Historians better test it out.
But as they prepare to follow the Columbia Expedition across the ocean, plans begin to unravel. Could they have gotten the wrong man in New York? Then they lose their Portuguese translator.
And news of an epidemic in Cape Verde.
This is turning out to be much more than a history show. This is an adventure.
Locations: Chatham, Sturgis Library – Barnstable, Quincy, Cape Cod Community Media Center
This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Watch this episode, Man Overboard, by subscribing to their FREE video podcast on iTunes. Just search “Hit and Run History”. Or watch online at on YouTube, Vimeo our Blip.
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