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Murray

Murray

diplomat · foreign resident · landowner

English consul in Funchal who hosted La Pérouse to lunch on 14 August 1785. A former British consul of this name owned the Quintas do Prazer and Belo Monte at Monte, and an English botanist Murray bought João Maria Moniz's herbarium, now at Kew.

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2Chronology

  1. La Pérouse's expedition aboard the Boussole called at Funchal, where he lunched with consul Murray and dined with Monteiro, before leaving for the Canaries on 16 August.

3Places mentioned

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Map: Madeira (14)
  1. 1Funchal
  2. 2Canary Islands
  3. 3Tenerife
  4. 4Quintas
  5. 5Caniço
  6. 6Camacha
  7. 7São Roque
  8. 8Santo António da Serra
  9. 9Choupana
  10. 10Quinta das Cruzes
  11. 11Quinta da Palmeira
  12. 12Quinta Lambert
  13. 13Nazaré
  14. 14Quinta do Palheiro Ferreiro

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