Person governor settler landowner
João de Brito
governor · settler · landowner · noble
João de Brito, appointed governor and captain-general of Madeira in February 1680, took office in April that year. The notes also attach to this name an early settler, brother of Pedro de Brito, who came to Madeira around 1470 and in 1524 founded the Apresentação chapel and entail at Ribeira Brava.
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- Apresentação — Founder in 1524 of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Apresentação at Ribeira Brava.
- Lombo da Apresentação — Founded the Apresentação entail in 1524 with his wife.
