Almanacs
Original title: Almanaques
A bibliographical list of the almanacs published in Madeira from 1867 to the late 1930s, with their dates, page counts and editors, including one Azorean almanac covering Madeira.
We are aware of the following almanacs having been published in Madeira:
- Almanak para a Ilha da Madeira. Primeiro anno, 1868, Funchal, 1867, XXXII + 96 pp., compiled and published by Dr Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo, although the almanac makes no mention of this
- Almanak para a ilha da Madeira. Segundo anno, 1869, Funchal, 1868, 80 pp., compiled and published by the same
- Almanack madeirense para o anno de 1883 . . ., compiled by A. César de Morais, Funchal, 1882, 174 pp.
- Almanack da Madeira para 1884, 1st year, Funchal, 1883, 80 pp.
- Almanack do Amigo do Povo para o anno de 1889. .., Funchal, 1888, 30 pp.
- Almanack Madeirense para 1905, 1st year, Funchal, 1904, 200 pp.
- Almanach de Lembranças Madeirense para o anno de 1908, 1st year, Funchal, 1907, 247 pp., edited by Dr António Feliciano Rodrigues and Jaime Câmara, with various contributors
- Almanach de Lembranças Madeirense para o anno de 1909, 2nd year, Funchal, 1908, 285 pp., with various illustrations, edited by Dr António Feliciano Rodrigues and Jaime Câmara
- Almanach de Lembranças Madeirense para o anno de 1910, 3rd year, Funchal, 1910, 256 pp., with various illustrations, edited by Dr António Feliciano Rodrigues and Jaime Câmara
- Almanach de Lembranças Madeirense para o anno de 1911, 4th year, Funchal, 1911, 255 pp., with various illustrations, edited by Dr António Feliciano Rodrigues
- Almanach Illustrado do “Diario da Madeira” para 1913, 1st year, Funchal, 1912, 119 pp., with Cruz Baptista Santos and Francisco da Silva Reis as editors and compilers
- Almanach Illustrado do “Diário da Madeira” para 1914, Funchal, 1913, 163 pp., edited by Francisco Bento de Gouveia
- Almanach Illustrado do “Diário da Madeira” para 1915, Funchal, 1915, 132 pp. plus 48 unnumbered pages of advertisements, edited by the editorial staff of the Diário da Madeira (‘Madeira Daily’).
- In 1873 the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira, para o anno de 1874, 1st year, was published in the city of Angra do Heroísmo, edited by A. Gil, Augusto Ribeiro and F. J. Moniz Betencourt, 254 pp.; it contains some historical information on the Madeiran archipelago. The 2nd year, for 1875, was also published.
- Finally, Almanaque da Madeira para 1924, 1st year, compiled by Father Carlos Jorge de Faria e Castro, 450 pp.
- and Almanaque Madeirense Ilustrado, for the years 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939, compiled by Abel M. Caldeira.
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- Angra do Heroísmo
Portugal. Azorean city where the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira was published in 1873.
Angra do Heroísmo is an Azorean city, port and district on Terceira. It was the birthplace of António Cordeiro, where the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira was published in 1873, and where Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt governed for twelve years and died; it also gave its name to Stuart's title of marquis.
- Funchal
Place of publication of most of the almanacs listed.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
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Compiler of the Almanaque Madeirense Ilustrado for 1936–1939.
- Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo1825–1898
Compiled and published the first two Almanak para a Ilha da Madeira (1868 and 1869), although his name does not appear in them.
- António Feliciano Rodrigues1870–1925
Director of the Almanach de Lembranças Madeirense from 1908 to 1911.
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Compiler of the Almanack madeirense for 1883.
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Co-director of the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira for 1874.
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Priest who compiled the Almanaque da Madeira for 1924.
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Co-director of the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira published in Angra do Heroísmo.
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Co-director of the Almanach para os Açores e Madeira for 1874.
- Francisco Bento de Gouveiab. 1874
Director of the Diário da Madeira illustrated almanac for 1914.
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Co-editor of the Diário da Madeira illustrated almanac for 1913.
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Co-editor of the Diário da Madeira illustrated almanac for 1913.
- Jaime Sanches Câmarab. 1881
Co-director of the Almanach de Lembranças Madeirense from 1908 to 1910.