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Algarve

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region of mainland Portugal

The Algarve is a region of mainland Portugal that supplied many early Madeiran settlers, notably from Boliqueime, and probably cattle. Zarco guarded its coast as captain, and Bartolomeu Perestrelo died there. Simão Gonçalves da Câmara put in there on his aborted voyage to Spain.

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2Chronology

  1. Settlement of Madeira began under the first donatary captains, with settlers from mainland Portugal, some first sheltering at the Ilhéus of Funchal.

  2. Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares commanded a Portuguese caique against a French privateer off the Algarve.

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