Azores
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The Azores, an Atlantic archipelago that shares plant species with Madeira. The Elucidário records settlement there by Madeiran families such as the Bettencourts, the 1801 ban on Azorean wines in Madeira, and imports of Azorean tobacco. It also notes that Azorean farmers were brought to Madeira to teach maize-growing methods.
1Mentioned in
- Alvino — The Alvim surname also exists in the Azores.
- Aragon — Where D. Afonso de Aragão died.
- Masson (Francis) — Archipelago Masson visited from 1777 to about 1778.
- Order of Christ — Tithes there formed part of the same commanderies.
- Sousa (Francisco de) — Origin of settlers of Newfoundland.
- Bettencourt — Where Gaspar de Bettencourt settled and founded a large line.
- Wine industry — Azorean wines were banned from Madeira in 1801.
- Maize (Zea mays) — Origin of farmers brought to teach maize-growing methods.
- Camacho (Jacinto Augusto) — Where his family emigrated to escape Miguelist persecution and where he enlisted.
- Phanerogams — Archipelago sharing species with Madeira.
- Carvalho de Araújo (street) — Destination of the convoy near which the battle occurred.
- Tobacco — Source of imported leaf and manufactured tobacco.
- Juízes de fora — Archipelago for which the 1766 decree creating these offices was first issued.
- Dairy industry — Place of exile for protesters against the dairy decrees.
- Madeira in the University of Coimbra — Archipelago compared with Madeira for student numbers.
- Porto Santo rabbit — Its rabbits included in Miller's subspecies.
- Fernandes (Valentim) — Part of the narratives concerning the Azores was published in the Archivo Açoreano.
- Carvalhal (2nd Count of) — Location of some of his entailed estates.
- Wild canary (Serinus canaria) — Part of the bird's native range.
- Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Liberal base from which the force came.
- Island History — The Azores occupy six of the nine books.
- Madeiran history — Archipelago where the early Madeiran crisis is said to have had repercussions.
- Oceanography — Direction in which sea depth increases rapidly from Madeira.
- Slaves — Archipelago where slave labour also expanded.
- Monaco (Prince of) — Orthoptera from the prince's voyages there were published with the Madeiran ones.
- Judicial administration — The 1766 decree first created the corregedor and juiz de fora posts for the Azores.
- Orthoptères — Archipelago also visited.
- Military garrison — Origin of an artillery detachment sent in 1847.
- Livestock — Archipelago from which working oxen and Corvina cows are imported.
- Island History (commission) — The other archipelago covered by the commission's planned publication.
- Arms — Archipelago where the 1750 copper coins also circulated.
- Brown (A. Samler) — Archipelago added to the guide from 1901.
- Brum do Canto (Dr Salvador Manuel) — Birthplace of Brum do Canto.
- Botelho (Sebastião Xavier) — Archipelago Botelho also governed.
- Alcohol — Source of alcohol imported after sugar cane disappeared from Madeira.
- Asylums — Flood victims there were the object of a relief fund later used for the asylum.
- Jews — Archipelago cited by Herculano alongside Madeira for false accusations of Judaism.
- Occupation of Porto Santo by the Constitutional troops — Destination of the departing constitutional force in May 1832.
- Hann — Climate covered in Hann's article.
- Espírito Santo (festivities) — The Holy Spirit festivals there are compared with the less elaborate Madeiran ones.
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2Chronology
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Rui Gonçalves da Câmara moved to São Miguel in the Azores as its captain-donatary.
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Pecunia Insulana copper coins bearing Funchal's original arms were struck for circulation only in Madeira and the Azores.
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A decree created the offices of corregedor and juiz de fora for the Azores, later extended to Madeira.
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The botanist Francisco Masson stayed in the Azores.
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A decree banned the import of Azorean wines into Madeira.
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A decree annexed the Madeira and Azores posts to the General Postal Administration.
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A royal charter created the Junta da Justiça Criminal in the Azores.
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The governor complained of the Junta da Justiça's excesses and proposed adopting the Azores model.
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An Azorean branch of the Vieira family arrived in Madeira.
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The first Azorean periodical appeared on Terceira, by which time eight had already been published in Funchal.
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A constitutional force of 60 artillerymen from Terceira occupied Porto Santo and proclaimed D. Maria II, joined on 7 April by Admiral Sartorius and Mousinho de Albuquerque; it left for the Azores with 104 Madeiran volunteers in May.
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The Conde de Vargas de Bédmar made geological observations in Madeira, Porto Santo and the Azores.
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Frederic du Cane Godman published Natural History of the Azores in London.
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Hann published his article on the climate of the Azores and Madeira, and Júlio Augusto Leiria published a map of Madeira.
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A law exempted Madeiran sugar from duties in Portugal and the Azores for five years.
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A paper on Orthoptera collected on the Prince of Monaco's voyages to Madeira and the Azores was published in the Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.
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Alberto A. Girard published his study of the cephalopods of the Azores and Madeira.
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A decree allowed the Azorean districts to adopt administrative autonomy.
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The Portuguese monarchs reached the Azores after their Madeira visit.
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Following the law of 22 May 1901, a decree of 8 August 1901 extended the Azorean autonomous regime to the district of Funchal, creating a directly elected Junta Geral that took over the district public works; road-building followed.