Person historian writer engineer
Azevedo
historian · writer · engineer
Surname under which the Elucidário cites one or more authorities on Madeiran history, genealogy and hydrography. Among them is the historian Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo, annotator of the Saudades, and an engineer whose charts gave the tidal data for Funchal.
1Mentioned in
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- Bays — Author cited on the classification of Madeiran inlets.
- Cadamosto (Luiz) — Author of the article 'Madeira' in the Diccionario Portuguez Universal, who argued for 1445 as the date of Cadamosto's visit.
- Vaz — Historian (Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo) cited as source on the Vaz surname.
- Pereira — Commentator cited as the source for Rui Mendes Pereira's two marriages.
- Sugar — Author cited for dating the start of modern Madeiran sugar exports to 1854.
- Oceanography — Engineer whose charts gave the establishment of the port and tidal range at Funchal.
- Taxes — Historian cited for the view that the clergy first shared the tax burden in 1637.
- Military garrison — Historian quoted on the composition of the Spanish presidio.
- Old Buildings — Author quoted on the Manueline character of the Alfândega building.
- Coinage — Editor of the Saudades whose view on the coin design is corrected here.
- Martins — Annotator cited for Diogo Martins.
- Sá — Genealogical authority cited for the origin of the Sá surname in Madeira.
- Palácio de São Lourenço — Scholar cited for the view that the fortress was called a palace only from the late 18th century.
- Delgado — Source cited for the family's origin.
- Lookouts — Historian (Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo) whose description of the vigias is quoted in this entry.
2Chronology
3Places mentioned
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