Person engineer nursery director

José Maria de Afonseca

engineer · nursery director

Main article Afonseca (José de) José de Afonseca was an engineer who, early in the nineteenth century, drew up and carried out a plan for a network of roads across Madeira.

Engineer who, early in the nineteenth century, drew up and carried out a plan for a network of roads across Madeira. He also chose the site of the Monte nursery, directed it and reported on its work up to 1823.

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Nurseries and acclimatisation gardens — Graduate who chose the nursery site, directed the Monte nursery and reported on its work up to 1823.

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José Maria de Afonseca planned and built a road network across Madeira.
1799
A government tree nursery was established at the Lombada, Monte, its site chosen by José Maria de Afonseca and designated on 9 August 1799; it distributed over twenty thousand trees for replanting by 1823–24.

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