🏛️ History & Culture
Madeira Embroidery
A hardcover history of Madeira embroidery produced by the Bordal house in Funchal (English translation), documenting the origins, techniques and cultural significance of the island’s famous whitework.
Author
Alberto Vieira
4 books about Madeira by Alberto Vieira.
🍷 Madeira Wine
A Vinha e o Vinho na História da Madeira
The reference history (in Portuguese) of Madeira’s vine and wine from the 15th to the 20th century, by historian Alberto Vieira, director of the Atlantic-history study centre (CEHA).
🏛️ History & Culture
Nova História Económica da Madeira
Alberto Vieira rethinks Madeira’s economic history (in Portuguese), moving beyond product-and-cycle accounts to neglected themes such as finance and contraband in the archipelago.
🏛️ History & Culture
Slaves with or without Sugar
An English-language volume edited by Madeira historian Alberto Vieira on the relationship between enslaved labour and the sugar economy in Madeira and the wider Atlantic.