The Portuguese of Guyana

History & Culture

Scenes from the History of the Portuguese in Guyana

Mary Noel Menezes

English · 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.

History & Culture

The Portuguese of Trinidad and Tobago

Jo-Anne S. Ferreira

English · 2018 edition

A study of the Madeiran Portuguese who emigrated to Trinidad from the 1830s — their business, religious, cultural and linguistic integration into Trinidadian society.

History & Culture

With selection notes

Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores

A. Samler Brown

English · original edition 1901

The famous “Brown’s” practical guide for tourists and invalids, with coloured maps and diagrams, that ran through many editions and shaped early Madeira tourism.

History & Culture

With selection notes

Madeira: A Short Illustrated History

Joana de Freitas

English · 2015 edition

An accessible, illustrated overview of Madeira’s history — from its 15th-century discovery and settlement through the sugar and wine economies to the modern era — produced with the Madeira Story Centre in Funchal.