MadeiraBooks Find a book ↗

Home › History & Culture › Scenes from the History of the Portuguese in Guyana

Cover of Scenes from the History of the Portuguese in Guyana
History & Culture

Scenes from the History of the Portuguese in Guyana

by Mary Noel Menezes · 1986 edition

An illustrated history of the Madeiran Portuguese in British Guiana, who began arriving in 1835 to work on sugar plantations and later became a prominent merchant community.

Find your copy

English · 1986 edition. Compare available formats, sellers and delivery on Amazon.

Check price & availability ↗

Opens Amazon in a new tab. Check the language and edition before ordering. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Madeiran emigrationPortuguese diasporaGuyanasocial history
Author
Mary Noel Menezes
Edition year
1986
Publisher
M. N. Menezes
Language
English
ISBN-13
9780951153109

More in History & Culture

Cover of The Beneficent Usurpers
History & Culture

The Beneficent Usurpers

Desmond Gregory · 1988 English

An extensively researched account of nearly two centuries of British commercial and social influence on Madeira, tracing how resident merchant families informally “colonised” the island as a key staging post in transatlantic trade.

Book details ↗ Check price on Amazon ↗
Cover of Tropical Babylons
History & Culture

Tropical Babylons

Stuart B. Schwartz · 2004 English

Nine essays re-evaluating the early Atlantic “sugar revolution”, including a chapter on the sugar economy of Madeira and the Canaries, showing how Madeira pioneered the plantation-and-slavery model later exported to the Americas.

Book details ↗ Check price on Amazon ↗
Find your copyEnglish · Affiliate link Check Amazon ↗