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Camilo Castelo Branco
writer · novelist
Portuguese novelist whose works contain several Madeiran references, including a novel set largely in Funchal. In 1879 he debated the origin of the name Machico with Pinheiro Chagas, deriving it from the Italian 'macchia'. He also introduced João Augusto de Ornelas's A Mão de Sangue (1874).
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