History & Culture
A Sketch of Madeira
A mid-Victorian traveller’s sketch of Madeira for visitors and invalids seeking the island’s restorative climate, with practical and descriptive information.
Topic
Climate
5 books about Madeira tagged “climate”.
History & Culture
Madeira: Its Climate and Scenery
Naturalist James Yate Johnson’s handbook to Madeira for invalids and visitors, with substantial chapters on the island’s fauna, flora, geology and meteorology.
History & Culture
Letters from Madeira in 1834
John Driver’s first-hand letters from 1830s Madeira, with an appendix on the island’s history, climate and wine trade — a vivid early-19th-century portrait.
History & Culture
The Invalid’s Guide to Madeira
An early-Victorian guide written for invalids travelling to Madeira for its climate, with notes on Tenerife and Lisbon and a Portuguese–English vocabulary.
History & Culture
The Climate and Resources of Madeira
Dr Michael Grabham, the long-resident Madeira physician, analyses the island’s climate and its suitability for consumptive invalids — a key text in Madeira’s rise as a health resort.