Year · 1590

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso wrote the Saudades da Terra in São Miguel, a key source for Madeira's history; the same year Jerónimo Dias Leite was named full-prebend canon.

Caniçal (parish)Dias Leite (Canon Jerónimo)Castilian ruleSugar-cane millsIsland HistoryEducationJardim do Mar (parish)Madalena do Mar (parish)Madeira (island)Nossa Senhora do Monte (parish)Palácio de São Lourenço Gaspar FrutuosoJerónimo Dias Leite

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso described Rua Direita as the largest street in Funchal, and described the parish of Tábua.

Direita (street)Tábua (parish) Gaspar Frutuoso Funchal

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso described Santana as rich farmland.

Santana (parish) Gaspar Frutuoso

1590

Frutuoso recorded the reduced number of notaries then serving in Funchal.

Notaries Gaspar Frutuoso Funchal

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso described the south-west coast localities, including Paul do Mar.

Paul do Mar Gaspar Frutuoso Paul do Mar

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso recorded household counts for parishes such as Caniço (200), Faial (about 100) and Porto do Moniz (thirty).

Caniço (parish)Faial (parish)Porto do Moniz (parish)São Vicente (parish) Gaspar Frutuoso

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso wrote that the parish of Porto Santo was dedicated to the Salvador.

Porto Santo (parish) Gaspar Frutuoso Porto Santo

1590

According to Frutuoso, Porto Santo had about 400 households, some 1,600 inhabitants.

PopulationPorto Santo (population, surface area and geographical position of the island) Gaspar Frutuoso Porto Santo

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso already called the springs by the name of João Diniz.

João Diniz (springs) Gaspar Frutuoso

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso described the Pico do Castelo on Porto Santo as naturally defensible.

Pico (fortress) Gaspar Frutuoso Pico do Castelo

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso recorded that the landing place at Machico was called the Desembarcadouro, and recorded the name Ponta Delgada.

Memorable landmarksPonta Delgada (parish) Gaspar Frutuoso Ponta Delgada

1590

Antonia Jaime Cuibém and her husband Roberto Vizovi came to Madeira.

Cuibém Antonia Jaime CuibémRoberto Vizovi

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso described Malvasia as the best wine in the world, exported to India.

Malmsey Gaspar Frutuoso India

1590

The captaincy of Machico yielded about 900,000 réis a year to its donatary, per Frutuoso.

Machico (captaincy)

1590

Gaspar Frutuoso described Seixal as a parish of about twenty households with a church of São Brás.

Seixal (parish) Gaspar Frutuoso

1590

An eight-volume register of chapels was begun by the Juiz dos Resíduos e Capelas.

Judge of Pious Bequests and Chantries

9 July 1590

A charter raised the stipends of the vicar and beneficiaries of Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz (parish)

4 August 1590

A post of preacher was created in Machico church.

Machico (parish)

30 December 1590

António Pereira de Barredo was appointed governor-general of Madeira.

Barredo (António Pereira) António Pereira de Barredo Madeira

159?

Madeira declined as its sugar and timber trades were overtaken by America and Africa.

Ballad Collection of the Madeira Archipelago

159?

Simão Darja owned a sugar-cane mill in Funchal.

Darja Simão Darja Funchal

159?

The English colony began to gain importance in Madeira.

Protestant proselytism

159?

Funchal extended as far as the Cabo do Calhau.

Cabo do Calhau FunchalCabo do Calhau

159?

Porto Santo's decline became marked.

Porto Santo (development, decline and crises)

159?

Madeira's Malvasia wine began to gain great renown.

Malmsey