Azevedo (António Pedro de)
Original title: Azevedo (Antonio Pedro de)
Military engineer, long director of Public Works in the Funchal district, who surveyed the charts of Porto Santo, Madeira and the Desertas in 1842–43 with officers of HMS Styx.
He was born in Caminha on 7 February 1814 and first visited Madeira at the time of the usurpation, when he was a second lieutenant of infantry. After completing the engineering course following the restoration of the Charter, he returned to this island, where for many years he held the post of director of Public Works of the District. In 1842 and 1843, together with the officers of the British steam warship Styx, he surveyed the charts of Porto Santo, Madeira and the Desertas, published in 1877, 1879 and 1886 respectively. He died in Lisbon on 10 August 1889, by then a retired divisional general.
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António Pedro de Azevedo was born in Caminha.
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Captain A. T. E. Vidal aboard HMS Styx, with António Pedro de Azevedo, surveyed Madeira, Porto Santo and the Desertas.
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António Pedro de Azevedo published geo-hydrographic charts of Porto Santo (1877), Madeira and the Desertas, issued in 1877, 1879 and 1886.
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António Pedro de Azevedo died in Lisbon as a retired divisional general.
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Abroad
- Desertas
Santa Cruz. Charted by him.
An island group near Madeira that was already separated from it at the last eruptions and shares endemic species with it. It was the main orchil-harvesting area, and Wollaston found 89 beetle species there. The islands were investigated by scientific expeditions, including the Endurance scientists in 1914.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Where he died.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Porto Santo
Charted by him.
An island of the archipelago, settled alongside Madeira and forming one of the three captaincies. It has always constituted a single parish, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Piedade, whose church was repeatedly sacked. The Elucidário records the Moorish pirate raid of 1617, its own Misericórdia and a rainwater channel built on this drought-prone island.
People
People mentioned · 01- António Pedro de Azevedo1814–1889
Army engineer and director of Public Works of the district who surveyed the archipelago's charts; retired as general.