Prim Garibaldi e Costa (João)
Civil servant and journalist from Porto Moniz, former municipal administrator and head of the local telegraph-post office.
He was born in the parish (freguesia) of Porto Moniz (‘Moniz’s harbour’) on 31 August 1867, the son of António Tolentino da Costa and Dona Romana Augusta de Coito e Costa. For some years he was municipal administrator (administrador do concelho, the government's representative) of the municipality (concelho) of that name, and he now holds the post of head of its telegraph and post office there. He contributed to several Funchal newspapers and was a particularly regular contributor to the Brado de Oeste, published in the town (vila) of Ponta do Sol (‘point of the sun’). As president of the Associação Recreativa Porto-Monizense, he gave a speech there that was published as a pamphlet in this city under the title Conferencia, dedicated to Councillor (conselheiro, honorary title of the royal council) José Leite Monteiro (1921).
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- Funchal
City whose newspapers Costa contributed to and where his lecture was printed.
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.
- Ponta do Sol
Town where the Brado de Oeste was published.
South-coast parish and municipality, settled from about 1440 by Rodrigo Enes 'o Coxo'. Its parish church of Nossa Senhora da Luz holds a triptych. The Elucidário also records its quay of 1848, paid for by the council, and the royal visit of 1858.
- Porto Moniz
Birthplace of Costa and the municipality he administered.
North-western parish and municipality with a quay and a tolerable port that serves as a good landing when southerly winds close the south coast. It has one of the oldest Magdalene chapels in northern Madeira, whose feast falls on 22 July. It was the birthplace of Dr Manuel Gomes Jardim.
People
People mentioned · 04- João Prim Garibaldi e Costab. 1867
Porto Moniz native, administrator of its municipality and head of its telegraph-post station, contributor to Funchal newspapers.
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Father of João Prim Garibaldi e Costa.
- José Leite Monteiro1841–1920
Dedicatee of Costa's published lecture Conferencia (1921).
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Mother of João Prim Garibaldi e Costa.