Melo (Florêncio José Correia de)
Original title: Melo (Florencio José Correia de)
Florêncio José Correia de Melo, governor and captain-general of Madeira 1815–1819, who restored order after the British occupation and received Napoleon's passage and Princess Leopoldina.
He was appointed governor and captain-general (capitão-general, military governor of Madeira) of this archipelago on 12 October 1814, arrived in Funchal on 16 April 1815 and took up his post on 22 April.
He arrived in Madeira a few months after the departure from the island of the British troops, whose presence over the long period of 7 years had brought the utmost indiscipline to the garrison forces and serious disorder and disruption to all the public services. Correia de Melo managed to correct these abuses as far as possible and rendered excellent service in the public administration of the archipelago.
During his government, Madeira saw the passage of the Emperor Napoleon, on 23 August 1815, on his way to banishment on St Helena, and of Princess Leopoldina, on 11 September of the same year, who was travelling to Brazil to marry the Prince Royal Dom Pedro and to whom Florêncio de Melo gave a splendid reception (see Napoleon in Madeira and Princess Leopoldina).
Florêncio José Correia de Melo personally handed over the government of Madeira to his successor and left the island in the second half of May 1819.
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Florêncio José Correia de Melo was appointed governor and captain-general of Madeira.
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Florêncio José Correia de Melo arrived in Funchal on 16 April 1815 and took office as governor and captain-general of the archipelago on 22 April.
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The squadron carrying Napoleon aboard the Northumberland to exile on Saint Helena arrived off Funchal, where consul Henry Veitch visited him, and left for Saint Helena.
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Princess Leopoldina called at Madeira en route to Brazil.
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Governor Florêncio José Correia de Melo handed over the government and left Madeira.
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Abroad
- Brazil
Leopoldina's destination.
Brazil is recorded in the Elucidário as a chief destination of Madeiran emigrants, including several clergy and writers. It was also a market for Madeira wine and brandy and a maker of wickerwork from Madeiran osiers. It was linked to Madeira by the 1874 telegraph cable and is the native country of the araçá.
- Funchal
Where he arrived in April 1815.
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.
- St Helena
United Kingdom. Napoleon's place of exile.
Santa Helena is the Atlantic island of Napoleon's exile, death and burial until 1840. That year a French mission, the Belle Poule expedition, exhumed his body there. The island was also touched by the Eastern Telegraph Company cable.
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Governor and captain-general of Madeira (1815–19) who reformed administration after the British occupation.
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Portuguese crown prince whom Leopoldina was travelling to marry in Brazil.
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Princess who called at Madeira on 11 September 1815 on her way to marry Prince Pedro in Brazil, receiving a brilliant reception.
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French emperor who passed Madeira on 23 August 1815 en route to exile on Saint Helena.