Person geographer historian writer

Pascoal Avezac Macaya

1799–1875

geographer · historian · writer

Main article Avezac Short entry on the French geographer and historian Pascoal Avezac Macaya (1799–1875), whose work Iles d'Afrique gave a broad survey of the Madeira archipelago. The Elucidário judges it flawed in places but valuable, and notes that a translation appeared in the Diario do Comercio in 1909.

French geographer and historian (1799–1875) whose Iles d'Afrique surveyed Madeira's discovery, geology, climate, flora, fauna, people and trade. The Elucidário judges the work flawed in places but valuable; a translation appeared in the Diario do Comercio in 1909.

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1909
A Portuguese translation of Avezac's study of Madeira appeared in nineteen issues of the Diario do Comercio.

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