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Selvagens

Sé · Funchal · Selvagens

island group attached to the municipality of Funchal

Approximate location, from a feature named after it

Main article Savage Islands Describes the Selvagens, a small uninhabited island group politically part of the Madeira archipelago, covering its geography, geology, fauna, ownership history and legends of hidden treasure. It notes the annual hunting of shearwaters and rabbits and quotes press articles, including one on Shackleton's treasure plans.

A small uninhabited island group, politically part of the Madeira archipelago. The Elucidário covers its geography, geology, fauna, ownership history and legends of hidden treasure, including Shackleton's treasure plans, and notes the annual hunting of shearwaters and rabbits. It is the only remaining home of the limpet Patella vulgata and was studied by naturalists such as Lowe and Garreta.

Map: Selvagens (1)

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2Chronology

  1. Kerhallet's work on Madeira, the Selvagens and the Canaries was published in Paris.

  2. W. R. O. Grant published a paper on the birds of the Salvage Islands in The Ibis.

  3. Joannes Böhm published his paper on fossils of the Selvagens.

  4. V. Kulczynski published in Cracow his study of the spiders and arachnids of the Madeira archipelago and the Selvagens.

  5. Léon Garreta made a scientific exploration of the Selvagens.

  6. Officers of the British ship Argonaut under Captain B. T. Somerville charted the Selvagens Islands.

  7. A Madeiran scientific expedition visited the Selvagens islands.

  8. J. C. de Morais published a geological study of the Selvagens.

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