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Portuguese empire

2 books about Madeira tagged “Portuguese empire”.

Cover of Atlantic Islands
🏛️ History & Culture

Atlantic Islands

T. Bentley Duncan · 1972

A classic scholarly study of the Portuguese Atlantic islands’ role in 17th-century commerce and maritime navigation — a foundational academic reference for Madeira and wider Macaronesia.

Cover of Imperial Migrations
🏛️ History & Culture

Imperial Migrations

Eric Morier-Genoud, Michel Cahen · 2012

An edited volume of case studies on migration across the Portuguese world, including the making of a largely Madeiran community in 20th-century South Africa.

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