Article Nº 0241 Book or literary work Vol. I · p. 141
Anthony Epic
Original title: Antoneida (A)
A work published in Funchal in 1879 by the Sociedade da Primeira Gente do Mundo, a group of six authors who met at Desterro, Monte.
By the Sociedade da Primeira Gente do Mundo. Funchal, 1879. It is the work of Messrs João José Vieira, Luís de Betencourt Miranda, Francisco João Moniz, Afonso Dias de Vasconcelos, João Silvestre Moniz and Pedro Cândido da Silveira, of whom only the first two are still alive. The Sociedade da Primeira Gente do Mundo met on a property in the locality (sítio) of Desterro (‘exile’), in the parish (freguesia) of Monte, belonging to the late Madeiran naturalist João Maria Moniz.
People mentioned
- Afonso Dias de Vasconcelos
- Francisco João Moniz d. 1848
- João José Vieira 1844–1928
- João Maria Moniz 1822–1898
- João Silvestre Moniz
- Luís de Bettencourt Miranda 1856–1921
- Pedro Candido da Silveira