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
Invalids
6 books about Madeira tagged “invalids”.
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
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.
History & Culture
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.
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.