Origin of the Island of Madeira
Original title: Origem da Ilha da Madeira
A ten-page verse pamphlet by Miguel Manuel de Ornelas e Vasconcelos published in Funchal, quoted by the Elucidário to show its poor literary merit.
This is the title of a 10-page pamphlet published in this city by Miguel Manuel de Ornelas e Vasconcelos in 1897. The merit of the work may be judged from its ‘argument’, which we transcribe below:
Miguel de Ornelas, who held the post of solicitor (solicitador) in the judicial district (comarca) of Funchal, died in this city on 3 October 1889.
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- Funchal
City where the pamphlet was published and where its author died.
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.
- Serra do Faial
Santana. Upland named in the poem's opening argument as where the poet saw what inspired him.
The Serra do Faial is the upland of Faial parish, the site of a state-owned levada and of the locality Passada da Novilha. It is named in the poem Origem da Ilha da Madeira as the place of the poet's inspiration, and João Tierno claimed observations from a shelter house there.
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Solicitor in the Funchal judicial district and author of the verse pamphlet Origem da Ilha da Madeira.