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5 books about Madeira tagged “19th-century Madeira”.
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History & Culture
English · original edition 1825
A classic early 19th-century account of Madeira and Porto Santo by the explorer T. E. Bowdich, with zoological and botanical material added by his wife Sarah Bowdich Lee. Available as a modern facsimile reprint.
History & Culture
English · 2022 edition
A reprint of William Combe’s 1821 history of Madeira, notable for engravings illustrating the costumes, manners and occupations of its inhabitants — a frequently cited early English-language account of island life.
History & Culture
English · original edition 1857
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.
History & Culture
English · 1970 edition
The illustrated travel journal of Isabella de França, wife of a London merchant of Madeiran origin — lost for nearly a century, then rediscovered — offering a vivid writer’s and watercolourist’s portrait of island life in 1853–54.
History & Culture
English · 2018 edition
A reprint of Alfred Lyall’s 1826 travel account of his rambles through Madeira and Portugal, one of the British travel narratives that shaped outside perceptions of the island.