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Portugal, the mother country of Madeira. The Elucidário notes that artillery detachments were sent from the mainland to garrison Madeira before 1877, that Madeira was linked to Portugal by telegraph cable in 1874, and that woad and gifts of honey were formerly sent there from the island. Mainland oranges and olives are compared favourably with those of Madeira and Porto Santo.
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- Alvino — The Alvim surname also exists in mainland Portugal.
- Orange tree — Source of oranges superior to Madeiran ones.
- Thomson (Sir William) — Linked to Madeira by the 1874 telegraph cable.
- St John the Baptist (chapels) — Where the friars went in 1459.
- Frade (fish) — Where frade designates the basking shark.
- Woad (Isatis praecox) — Destination of woad formerly exported from Madeira.
- Artillery battery — Artillery detachments were sent from mainland Portugal to garrison Madeira before 1877.
- Bee (Apis mellifica) — Madeiran honey was sent to Portugal as a gift.
- Association for the Protection and Education of the Women of Funchal — Country whose educational development António da Costa promoted.
- Porto Santo (vegetation) — Mainland olives are compared favourably with Porto Santo's.
- Beresford (William Carr) — Destination of Beresford and half his forces on leaving Madeira in 1808.
- Canary Islands — Claimed possession of the Canaries.
- Língua cervina — Where the name refers to a different fern.
- Livestock farming — Source of the livestock brought by the first settlers.
- Oliveira (Dr António Rodrigues de) — His country of birth.
- Mona (Pseudotriacis microdon) — In Portugal the fish is called peixe carago.
- Cação (Galeus canis) — Mainland fishermen use the name cação for a different shark.
- Coot (Fulica atra) — Country where the bird has other vernacular names.
- Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia Caravella) — The variant name água-má is used on its coasts.
- Plague — Kingdom repeatedly afflicted by plague in former times.
- Forest regime — Mainland that imported Madeiran timber.
- Chapouto — Where the name chaputa is given to other species.
- Cherne (Polyprion cernium) — On its coasts the names cherne and cherna apply differently.
- Cherriola — A similar rig there is called barqueira de arame.
- Leitão (João) — Kingdom that fell under Spanish rule in 1580.
- Pine trees — Source of the best pine seed ordered in 1812.
- Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) — Source of imported seed for some varieties.
- Porto Santo (discovery and origin of the name) — The mother country of which Porto Santo is called the first-born daughter.
- Henry (Prince), the Navigator — Kingdom whose overseas expansion Henry initiated.
- Hay — Source of imported wheat straw for fodder.
- Timber — Kingdom to which Madeiran timber was exported for shipbuilding.
- Spanish émigrés — Country where many Spanish revolutionaries sought refuge.
- Nola (António da) — The destination of the return voyage, which Nola reached before Gomes.
- Unification of the currency — The mother country whose monetary system Madeira adopted.
- Skipjack tuna (Thynnus pelamys) — Destination of Madeiran tuna conserve exports.
- Heredia (family) — Country entered by the Duke of Alba's army in 1580.
- Lírio — Country of origin of Iris biflora.
- Escarpiada — Where escarpiada means a different bread.
- Sugar protectionism — Mainland market to which Madeiran sugar was exported under tax exemptions.
- Sercial — Its Esgana cão variety is said to be identical to Sercial.
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2Chronology
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Guilherme Arnau accompanied Philippa of Lancaster to Portugal.
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The Duke of Alba's army, including António Herédia, entered Portugal.
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The Funchal council resolved to import four moios of pine seed from Portugal.
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A revolution in Spain failed early in 1866 and many revolutionaries fled to Portugal.
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Public telegraph service between Madeira and mainland Portugal opened by submarine cable laid by the Brazilian Telegraph Company, with Sir William Thomson present; the inauguration was celebrated in Funchal with illuminations.
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Finance minister Serpa Pimentel presented the proposal to unify Madeira's currency with that of Portugal.
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A law exempted Madeiran sugar from duties in Portugal and the Azores for five years.
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A law unified Madeira's monetary system with that of mainland Portugal, ending circulation of foreign money on the island except the pound sterling.
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A law granted Madeiran sugar a three-year exemption from duties.