António Pedro de Azevedo
1814–1889
military engineer · cartographer · director of public works · military officer
Military engineer and long-serving director of Public Works in the Funchal district, who surveyed the charts of Madeira, Porto Santo and the Desertas in 1842–43 with officers of HMS Styx. He later published geo-hydrographic charts and directed the Funchal meteorological post from 1865, and retired as a general.
1Mentioned in
- Quay opposite the Entrance to the City — Captain proposed for the rejected 1844 quay commission.
- Soundings — Engineer who published geo-hydrographic charts of Madeiran seas in 1877, 1879 and 1886.
- Scientific expeditions — Military engineer who assisted the Novara scientists in 1857.
- Philosophical and Mechanical Institution — Military engineer and member of the Instituição Filosófica e Mecânica who published a translation of James Smith's memoir on Madeiran geology in A Flor do Oceano.
- Meneses (Carlos Azevedo de) — General and engineer, maternal grandfather of Carlos Azevedo de Meneses.
- Desembarcadouros (islet) — General and author of the Carta Geo-Hydrographica of Madeira, which names this islet Ilhéu Vermelho or de Ametade.
- Porto Santo (population, surface area and geographical position of the island) — Author of a geo-hydrographic chart whose coordinates for Porto Santo were preferred by Álvaro de Azevedo.
- Meteorological stations — Military engineer who directed the Funchal meteorological post when it opened in 1865.
- Geographical Maps — Engineer captain, later a general, who surveyed Madeira, Porto Santo and the Desertas with the officers of HMS Styx in 1842–43.
- Ruivo (peak) — Engineer who measured the peak in 1844 at 1,843 m.
- Photography — Military engineer, father of the early photographer Amélia Augusta de Azevedo.
- Fajãs — Researcher who found a 1689 letter describing a landslide at Arco de São Jorge.
- Exhibitions — Army major and member of the Sociedade Agrícola who collected and classified exhibits for the 1861 exhibition.
- Magnetic declination — General whose measurements and chart of Porto Santo give declination values for 1842 and 1851.
- Azevedo (Maximiliano Eugénio de) — Father of Maximiliano Eugénio de Azevedo.
- Vidal (Captain A. T. E.) — Portuguese captain of engineers who greatly assisted Captain Vidal in his survey of the islands.
- Tides — General whose geographical map of Madeira gave the establishment of the port of Funchal as 12h48m with a tidal rise of 2.28 m.
- Establishment of the port — General whose chart of Madeira supplies the tidal data for Funchal.
- Arco de São Jorge (parish) — General who found in 1848 the letter describing the 1689 landslide.
2Chronology
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António Pedro de Azevedo was born in Caminha.
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Captain A. T. E. Vidal aboard HMS Styx, with António Pedro de Azevedo, surveyed Madeira, Porto Santo and the Desertas.
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Magnetic variation on Porto Santo was recorded as 24°38'12".
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Captain Vidal and engineer António Pedro de Azevedo measured the height of Pico Ruivo.
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António Pedro de Azevedo published geo-hydrographic charts of Porto Santo (1877), Madeira and the Desertas, issued in 1877, 1879 and 1886.
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António Pedro de Azevedo died in Lisbon as a retired divisional general.
3Places mentioned
Abroad