Person army officer secretary of the government of Madeira writer
Joaquim Pedro Cardoso Casado Giraldes
d. 1845
army officer · secretary of the government of Madeira · writer · consul
Army officer deported to Madeira during the French invasions under false suspicion of aiding Napoleon, having interpreted for French and Spanish generals. He became secretary-general of the island government, wrote a historical-geographical statistics of Madeira and Porto Santo (Paris, 1815) and died consul at Genoa in 1845. The notes also mention a separate Florentine Giraldes, who lived in Calheta c.1500–1535 and founded its Misericórdia in 1535.
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- Chief authorities of the archipelago — Secretary of Madeira's government who published in Paris a historical-geographical statistical account listing the donataries and governors up to 1815.
- Madeiran history — Author of a historical-geographical statistics of Madeira and Porto Santo (Paris, 1815).
- Military garrison — Author of a historical-geographical statistic of Madeira recording the 1815 artillery battalion.
- Giraldes — Florentine who lived in Calheta c.1500–1535, founded its Misericórdia in 1535 and was its first provedor.
- Exiled convicts — Exiled to Madeira for interpreting for French and Spanish generals in the Peninsular War.
