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Sugar

3 books about Madeira tagged “sugar”.

Cover of Madeira: A Short Illustrated History
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Madeira: A Short Illustrated History

Joana de Freitas · 2015

An accessible, illustrated overview of Madeira’s history — from its 15th-century discovery and settlement through the sugar and wine economies to the modern era — produced with the Madeira Story Centre in Funchal.

Cover of Uma Nova História da Madeira
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Uma Nova História da Madeira

Carlos Costa Martins Portuguese

A Portuguese-language narrative history spanning 600 years of Madeira — from Zarco’s 1419 landing and the Funchal sugar barons through the Atlantic slave economy to the 1976 autonomy.

Cover of A New History of Madeira
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A New History of Madeira

Carlos Costa Martins · 2025

An English-language narrative history of Madeira from Zarco’s 1419 arrival through the sugar era to the 1976 autonomy (the English edition of “Uma Nova História da Madeira”).

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