Person historian chronicler
João de Barros
1496–1570
historian · chronicler
Portuguese historian whose Ásia deals with the discovery of the Madeira archipelago. He is cited on the naming of Porto Santo and Câmara de Lobos, and was the first to report the seven-year forest fire of Zargo's time.
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- Discovery of the archipelago — Chronicler whose account of the discovery follows Azurara.
- Porto Santo rabbit — Chronicler who related the rabbit story.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Chronicler who spelt the name Zarco and called it a nickname.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Portuguese chronicler cited on the forest fire and on Zargo's standing.
- Landi (Count Giulio de) — Portuguese chronicler cited among early writers touching on Madeira.
- Porto Santo (discovery and origin of the name) — Portuguese historian whose Ásia (Década I) is quoted here for the account of Porto Santo's discovery and naming.
- Timber — Sixteenth-century Portuguese historian quoted on the timber shortage caused by the first forest fire.
- President of the Republic — Member of the President's party who attended the Funchal lunch in 1922.
- Câmara — Portuguese chronicler whose Décadas describe the seal cave that gave Câmara de Lobos its name.
- Vaz (Tristão) — Sixteenth-century chronicler who called him Tristão Vaz.
- Fire in the time of Zargo — Portuguese historian, the first to report the seven-year fire.