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Article Nº 1713 Cross-reference · Vol. II · p. 198

Granel do Poço

See Customs houses (Alfândegas) and Columbus.

See · Nº 0137 · Government body or public service Customs houses The Funchal customs house, created by royal charter of 15 March 1477: its officials and judges, tax farming, the 1512 sugar-export monopoly, landing regulations and nineteenth-century reforms. The Manueline building, its redoubt and chapel of Santo António are described, followed by revenue figures from 1581 to 1932, municipal taxes collected, directors since 1889 and related pamphlets and regulations.
See · Nº 0981 · Military or naval figure Columbus (Christopher) Entry on Christopher Columbus and his traditional residence in Madeira and Porto Santo, his marriage to Filipa Moniz, and the demolished Funchal house of João Esmeraldo said to have lodged him. It also reviews 1920s–30s theories claiming Columbus was Portuguese.

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