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  1. 1498

    Madeira produced over 120,000 arrobas of sugar.

    Sugar

  2. 1498

    Zarco's children reportedly gave the organ to the Santa Clara convent.

    Organ of the Convent of St Clare

  3. 1498

    Francisco da Silveira wrote verses mocking a Madeiran nobleman in Castile.

    Cancioneiro de Resende (Madeira in the) Francisco da Silveira Castile

  4. 1498

    Vasco Martins Moniz de Meneses founded an entail by an approved will.

    Meneses Vasco Martins Moniz

  5. 1498

    Terra Negra's pamphlet refers to Madeira as it was in 1498, the time of the voyage recounted in the Lusíadas.

    Madeira and the Isle of Love

  6. 28 January 1498

    João Esmeraldo acquired the Lombada da Ponta do Sol from Rui Gonçalves da Câmara.

    Esmeraldo (João) Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Lombada dos Esmeraldos

  7. 8 March 1498

    D. Manuel ordered that sentences in Madeira not confirmed by him should not be executed.

    Donataries

  8. 22 March 1498

    By a charter (alvará), King Manuel allowed foreigners to reside permanently and trade freely in Madeira.

    SugarForeigners Manuel I

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