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Rebelo da Silva
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Portuguese historian whose História de Portugal is cited on Madeiran matters such as the 1582 hanging of Fr. João do Espírito Santo, early wine exports and the Restoration on Porto Santo. He wrote a celebrated narrative of the Machim legend and edited the Corpo Diplomatico Portuguez (1862), which printed the diocese's founding bull.
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- Castilian rule — Historian who recorded the friar's execution.
- Wine industry — Historian whose Historia de Portugal records Belgian imports of Madeira wine by 1567.
- Machim (legend) — Author of the most brilliant narrative of the legend, in the Archivo Pittoresco.
- Diocese (creation of the) — Editor of the Corpo Diplomatico Portuguez (1862), which printed the founding bull.
- Porto Santo (raids on the island) — Author of a História de Portugal cited for the 1641 Ottoman blockade episode.
- Capital executions — Historian cited as the source for the hanging of Fr. João do Espírito Santo in 1582.
- Restoration of Portugal — Portuguese historian quoted on Porto Santo's reception of the Restoration news.
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