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Elucidário Madeirense

Person general cartographer observer

A. P. de Azevedo

general · cartographer · observer

General who made a geographical map of Madeira giving the high-tide time and tidal range of Funchal harbour. He measured the magnetic inclination in Funchal in 1839 and 1846.

1Mentioned in

Funchal (bay) — General who made a geographical map of Madeira, cited here for the time of high tide and tidal range at Funchal.
Harbour of Funchal — General whose geographical map of Madeira gave the high-tide time and tidal range of Funchal harbour.
Magnetic inclination — Observer who measured the magnetic inclination in Funchal in 1839 and again in 1846.

2Chronology

1839
Azevedo and Soulier de Sauve measured a magnetic inclination of 59° 30' in the Praça Académica, Funchal.
1846
A. P. de Azevedo and officers of the Rattermaker measured a magnetic inclination of 60° 40' at the Colégio in Funchal.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (14)

Map: Madeira (14)