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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
Invalids
6 books about Madeira tagged “invalids”.
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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.
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Madeira, Canary Islands and Azores
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.
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A Winter in Madeira
American statesman John Adams Dix’s narrative of a winter spent in Madeira, recording the island’s climate, scenery and society from an invalid-traveller’s perspective.
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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.
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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.