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Gomes Eanes de Zurara
Gomes Eanes de Azurara
chronicler · historian
15th-century Portuguese chronicler whose Chronicle of Guinea describes the discovery of Madeira, regarded by the Elucidário as the most reliable source on it. He recorded early details such as tall houses built of island timber and 150 householders in Madeira.
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- Vineyards — Chronicler of the Guinea discoveries who mentioned Madeiran bread, sugar and wood but not wine.
- Discovery of the archipelago — Chronicler of Guinea, the earliest narrator of the discovery.
- Porto Santo rabbit — Chronicler who told the story of Perestrelo's doe.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Fifteenth-century chronicler who spelt the name Zarco.
- Forest regime — Chronicler cited on tall houses built with timber from the discoveries.
- Machico (origin of the name) — Fifteenth-century Portuguese chronicler who wrote the name as 'Machito'.
- Góis (Damião de) — Fifteenth-century chronicler, earlier than Góis, who wrote on Madeira's discovery.
- Population — Portuguese chronicler who recorded 150 householders in Madeira in his time.
- Vaz (Tristão) — Fifteenth-century chronicler of Guinea and the only contemporary writer to mention Tristão, calling him only 'Tristão'.
- Gaula (parish) — Chronicler, contemporary of Tristão Teixeira das Damas.
- Fire in the time of Zargo — Chronicler of Guinea's discovery who noted tall houses built with island timber.
