Poems about Madeira
Original title: Poemas sobre a Madeira
Lists the poems devoted exclusively to the Madeira archipelago, from the 17th-century Insulana to the 1943 Auto da Lenda.
Countless verse compositions sing and extol the beauties of the Madeiran landscape, the marvellous ruggedness and capricious relief of its terrain, the incomparable mildness of its climate, and the variety, charm and fragrance of its flowers, etc. It would be quite impossible to gather them all, or even to make a selection of those that stand out most for the loftiness of their conception or the refinement of their form. We wish only to mention the poems devoted exclusively to this archipelago, which are the following:
- ‘The Island Epic’ (Insulana), by Manuel Tomás. . . , Antwerp, 1635
- ‘The Zarco Epic’ (Zargueida). . ., by Francisco de Paulo Medina e Vasconcelos, Lisbon, 1806
- The Ocean Flower..., by T. M. Hugues, London, 1845
- and Auto da Lenda, by J. Brito Câmara, 1943.
References to these three poems, one of which is written in English, and some biographical details about their authors are to be found elsewhere in this Elucidário.
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Time
Years mentioned · 04-
Manuel Tomás's poem Insulana, on Madeira, was published in Antwerp.
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Francisco de Paula Medina e Vasconcelos's epic poem Zargueida was published in Lisbon.
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The English poet T. M. Hughes visited Madeira, and his poem The Ocean Flower was published in London.
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J. Brito Câmara's poem Auto da Lenda was published.
Place
Places mentioned · 03
- Antwerp
Belgium. Place of publication of Insulana.
Antuérpia (Antwerp) is a foreign city where six editions of Dr António da Gama's Decisiones, the poem Insulana and Duarte Lobo's book of masses (1639) were printed. Its school of painting is well represented in Madeira.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Place of publication of Zargueida.
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.
- London
United Kingdom. Place of publication of The Ocean Flower.
The British capital, the place of publication of many English works on Madeira, including those of the du Canes, Embleton and Bloxam. Mason compared its humidity with Funchal's, and artillery for the Fortress of São Tiago came from there. It hosted the 1909 applied chemistry congress.
People
People mentioned · 04-
Author of the poem Zargueida (Lisbon, 1806).
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Author of the poem Auto da Lenda (1943).
- Manuel Tomás1585–1665
Author of the poem Insulana (Antwerp, 1635) about Madeira.
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Author of the English poem The Ocean Flower (London, 1845) about Madeira.