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An historical relation of the first discovery of the isle of Madera / written originally in Portugueze by Don Francisco Alcafarado ; thence translated into French, and now made English.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alcoforado, Francisco.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Standardized Title:
- Qual foy o azo com que se descobrio a ilha da Madeyra. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Madeira (Madeira Islands)--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800.
- Madeira (Madeira Islands).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (37 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for William Cademan, 1675.
- Notes:
- This work in the form represented by the translation is by some attributed to Francisco Manuel de Mello, the owner of Alcoforado's manuscript.
- The first English edition of the legendary discovery of Madeira by Lionel Machin and Anna d'Arfet in the fourteenth century, which according to the legend led the Portuguese to discover the island in 1420.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 680.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG01-B3348
- OCLC:
- 263349072
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