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Gibraltar
United Kingdom · Europe
British port to which the Empress of Austria was escorted on leaving Madeira and to which Padre Macedo was deported in 1823. Dr Joaquim de Menezes e Ataide died of plague there in 1828. It was the base of the British forces that demanded the Bernarda.
1Mentioned in
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- Austria (Empress of) — Port to which the empress was escorted on leaving Madeira.
- Fowler (R.) — Place also described in the book.
- Ataíde (Dr Joaquim de Menezes e) — Where he died of plague in 1828.
- Luís (Infante Dom) — Point to which he escorted the Empress's ship in 1861.
- Macedo (Father Dr João Crisóstomo Espínola de) — Destination of his deportation in 1823.
- Pita (Dr António da Luz) — Where he practised during the civil war and diagnosed cholera.
- Azevedo (Dr Domingos Olavo Correia de) — Base of the British forces that demanded the Bernarda.
2Chronology
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Macedo was deported for political crimes, leaving Funchal for Gibraltar on the brig Fanny.
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Dr Joaquim de Menezes e Ataíde died of plague in Gibraltar after fleeing Miguelist persecution.
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Dr António de Luz Pita tried to return home but stopped at Gibraltar because of the civil war.
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria left Madeira for Gibraltar.