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Francisco Manuel de Melo
D. Francisco Manuel de Melo
d. 1666
writer · soldier · diplomat
D. Francisco Manuel de Melo was a 17th-century Portuguese writer, soldier and diplomat descended from Zarco's line. His third Epanaphora popularised the Machim legend of Madeira's discovery. He stopped in Madeira in 1655 on his way to exile in Brazil.
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- Discovery of the archipelago — Seventeenth-century writer whose account of the discovery was studied by António Gonçalves Rodrigues.
- Epanaphoras — Portuguese author of the Epanaphoras, to whose entry this heading refers the reader.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Writer and descendant of Zargo who said he was born at Matosinhos and first used guns on ships.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Writer descended from Zargo, quoted on his many titled descendants.
- Machim (legend) — Writer whose third Epanaphora gives the most elegant version of the legend.
- Ilhéu — Author of the Epanaphoras de Varia Historia Portuguesa, criticised for erroneous references to these islets in the Machim story.
- Álvares (Father Manuel) — Portuguese writer, subject of Prestage's study.
- Christ (chapel) — Portuguese author cited regarding writers who poetically retold the Machim legend.
- Alcoforado (Francisco) — Portuguese writer who claimed to own the original manuscript of Alcoforado's account.
- Pavia (Father Teodoro) — Portuguese author whose third «Epanafora» (1660), telling the Machim legend, was translated literally by Pavia.
- Fire in the time of Zargo — Author of the Epanáforas who doubted the fire lasted seven years over the whole island.
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