Tenerife
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island in the Canary Islands
Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands. The Elucidário notes its celebrated Orotava dragon tree, felled by a gale on 23 January 1868, the introduction of the boganga to Madeira from there in 1836 or 1837, and the blending there of Madeira wine with cheap local wine. It was also a source of Canarian immigrants to Madeira.
1Mentioned in
- Climate — A gale there on 23 January 1868 felled the Orotava dragon tree.
- La Pérouse (Jean-François de Galaup de) — Where Monge left the expedition.
- Maclaren (Duncan) — Canary island named in the title of Maclaren's book.
- Bunbury (Charles J. F.) — Canary island covered in one of Bunbury's botanical papers.
- Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) — The giant cephalopod was found between Madeira and Tenerife.
- Slaves — Canary island named in the 1490 residence ban.
- Róscio (Francisco João) — Birthplace of Róscio's father.
- Eucalyptus — Home of the physician Jorge Perez.
- Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) — Site of a celebrated giant dragon tree destroyed by a storm in 1868.
- Useful cucurbits — Island from which the boganga was introduced to Madeira in 1836 or 1837.
- Wines — Madeira wine was blended there with cheap local wine and resold.
- Gofe — One source island of Canarian immigrants.
- Pine trees — Origin of the Canary pine introduced in 1837.
- Savage Islands — Nearest Canary island, 165 km away, whose peak is visible from Selvagem Grande.
- Stuebel (Dr Alphons) — Canary island compared with Madeira for its two-part volcanic structure.
- Arquimbau (Ramon Masferrer y) — Island whose flora his catalogue covers.
- Schacht (Dr Hermann) — Canary island covered in Schacht's book.
- Schiffner — Covered in Schiffner's flora study.
- Winter (Dr Hermann) — Canary island covered by Winter's moss study.
2Chronology
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The boganga (Cucurbita melanosperma) was introduced to Madeira from Tenerife.
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The Canary pine was introduced to Madeira from Tenerife.
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Bunbury published Remarks on the Botany of Madeira and Teneriffe.
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The French warship Alecton found a giant cephalopod of the genus Architeuthis between Madeira and Tenerife.
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Funchal recorded its lowest ever pressure, 737.61 mm, during a gale that destroyed the celebrated giant dragon tree of Orotava, Tenerife.
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Hermann Winter's study of the mosses of Madeira and Tenerife was published in Hedwigia.