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Ernesto do Canto
historian · bibliographer · collector
Azorean scholar from São Miguel who compiled the Bibliotheca Açoreana and began the Archivo dos Açores in 1878, both cited as models that Madeira lacks. He collated the 1873 edition of Saudades da Terra against the autograph, and he bought Agrela's nobiliary manuscript and donated it to the public library of Ponta Delgada.
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- Bibliography — Azorean scholar who compiled the two-volume Bibliotheca Açoreana, cited as a model bibliography that Madeira lacks.
- Longing for the Homeland — Azorean bibliographer who collated the 1873 edition against the autograph, correcting its first 239 pages.
- Nobiliaries — Azorean who bought Agrela's manuscript and donated it to the public library of Ponta Delgada.
- Madeira in the Torre do Tombo — Azorean scholar from São Miguel who began the Archivo dos Açores in 1878, cited as a model for Madeira.
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