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Madeira, Its Climate and Scenery

A Handbook for Invalid and Other Visitors

by Robert White · 1857 edition

A facsimile of Robert White’s 1857 handbook describing the island’s climate, scenery, flora, geology and meteorology, written for the Victorian travellers and “invalids” who made Madeira a fashionable health resort.

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19th-century Madeiratravel handbooksceneryhealth tourism
Author
Robert White
Edition year
1857
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing (facsimile reprint)
Language
English
ISBN-13
9780548378526

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