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Ponta Delgada
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Ponta Delgada, Azores
Ponta Delgada is an Azorean city, district and port, ranked second among the ports of the Adjacent Islands; its customs house once had Funchal as a delegation. It was the birthplace of Gaspar Frutuoso, holds the corrected copy of Saudades da Terra and Agrela's genealogy manuscript, and is linked to several figures who studied or held office there.
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- Levadas — An Azorean district where a road plan had been started.
- Sousa (Francisco de) — Azorean city where the treatise was printed.
- Fiscal Organisation — Azorean customs house of which Funchal was once a delegation.
- Harbour of Funchal — Azorean port ranked second among the Adjacent Islands.
- Figueiredo e Lemos (Dom Luís de) — Azorean city where he studied humanities.
- Frutuoso (Doctor Gaspar) — Frutuoso's birthplace and seat of the 1922 centenary commission.
- Longing for the Homeland — Azorean city where the corrected copy is kept and later books were printed.
- Figueiroa de Albuquerque (Luís) — Azorean district where he was secretary-general.
- Bettencourt (Nicolau Anastácio de) — District where he was secretary-general and civil governor.
- Sousa (João Francisco de) — Electoral circle for which Sousa was senator.
- Ferraz (Ricardo Júlio) — Azorean port whose artificial harbour works he directed 1866–70.
- Nobiliaries — Azorean city whose public library holds Agrela's genealogy manuscript.
- Pestana (Joaquim) — Azorean city whose periodicals published his verse.
2Chronology
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Ricardo Júlio Ferraz directed the Ponta Delgada harbour works.
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Francisco de Sousa's treatise was first published in Ponta Delgada.
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A second edition of a work by Francisco de Sousa appeared in Ponta Delgada.
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A decree divided Portugal into three customs districts, making Funchal a delegation of Ponta Delgada, to general displeasure in Funchal.