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5 books about Madeira tagged “Victorian Madeira”.
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History & Culture
With selection notes
English · original edition 1882
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.
History & Culture
English · original edition 1851
A mid-Victorian traveller’s sketch of Madeira for visitors and invalids seeking the island’s restorative climate, with practical and descriptive information.
History & Culture
English · original edition 1885
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
English · original edition 1891
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.
Reprint cover History & Culture
English · original edition 1870
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.