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António Galvão

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Main article Galvão (António) The Portuguese writer António Galvão, whose 1550 treatise on discoveries discusses the discovery of the Madeira archipelago.

Portuguese writer whose treatise on discoveries (Tratado dos descobrimentos antigos e modernos) discusses the discovery of the Madeira archipelago. The notes date it to 1550 and 1563; it was the first work to publish the Machim legend.

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Landi (Count Giulio de) — Portuguese chronicler cited among early writers touching on Madeira.
Machim (legend) — Author of the Tratado dos Descobrimentos (1563), first to publish the legend.
Melo (Dom Francisco Manuel de) — Wrote of the Machim story in 1563, before Melo.
Vaz (Tristão) — Chronicler who also gave him the Teixeira surname.

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1550
António Galvão wrote his treatise on ancient and modern discoveries, including the discovery of Madeira.
1563
António Galvão's Tratado dos Descobrimentos first published the legend of Machim.

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