Manuel de Pontes Câmara

1815–1882

merchant · emigrant · philanthropist

Native of the parish who grew rich in Brazil, funded improvements to its chapel and left legacies to charities before dying in a shipwreck off Cape Finisterre.

3 · Places mentioned

Abroad South America 2

1. 1Achadas da Cruz
2. 2Funchal
3. 3Ponta do Sol
4. 4Funchal Cathedral (the Sé)
5. 5Porto Moniz
6. 6Brazil
7. 7Ponta do Pargo
8. 8Rio de Janeiro
9. 9Calheta
10. 10Fajã da Ovelha
11. 11Ponta do Tristão
12. 12Ponta da Oliveira
13. 13Ribeira do Tristão
14. 14Chapel of the True Cross