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5 books about Madeira tagged “Victorian Madeira”.
A classic Victorian guide and personal account of touring Madeira — how to see the island, letters from a year’s residence, and lists of its trees, flowers, ferns and seaweeds. Available as a facsimile reprint.
A mid-Victorian traveller’s sketch of Madeira for visitors and invalids seeking the island’s restorative climate, with practical and descriptive information.
Naturalist James Yate Johnson’s handbook to Madeira for invalids and visitors, with substantial chapters on the island’s fauna, flora, geology and meteorology.
A practical Victorian guidebook to Madeira compiled by William Reid, founder of the celebrated Reid’s Hotel, gathering useful information for visitors to the island.
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.