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British in Madeira

2 books about Madeira tagged “British in Madeira”.

Cover of The Beneficent Usurpers
🏛️ History & Culture

The Beneficent Usurpers

Desmond Gregory · 1988

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.

Cover of The Blandys of Madeira
🏛️ History & Culture

The Blandys of Madeira

Marcus Binney · 2011

Marcus Binney’s bicentenary history of the Blandy family, the English merchant dynasty that became Madeira’s leading wine shippers (and owners of Reid’s Palace) while expanding into banking, shipping and more. Richly illustrated.

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