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21 November 1471. Funchal. Occupation. Explorer, colonial administrator. Known for. Settler of the Archipelago of Madeira. Signature. João Gonçalves Zarco ( c. 1390 – 21 November 1471) [1] was a Portuguese explorer who established settlements and recognition of the Madeira Islands, and was appointed first captain of Funchal by Henry the ...
Câmara de Lobos ( European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐmɐɾɐ ðɨ ˈloβuʃ] ⓘ; lit. 'Sealion Chamber') is a municipality, parish and town in the south-central coast of the island of Madeira. Technically a suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population centres and an extension of the Funchal economy.
Alentejo Region [4 subregions] Alentejo Central [14 municipalities] Évora District [14] Alandroal. Arraiolos. Borba. Estremoz. Évora. Montemor-o-Novo.
The Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira is the local government of this Portuguese autonomous region. [2] [3] [4] The Regional Government is one of the two organs of self-government of the Autonomous Region along with the Regional Legislative Assembly, to which it is politically accountable . The President of the Regional Government ...
The International Business Center of Madeira ( IBCM) or Madeira International Business Centre ( MIBC ), formally known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, is a set of tax benefits authorised by Decree-Law 500/80 in 1980, legislated [1] [2] in 1986, and amended throughout the years by the Portuguese government to favor the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
The 2016 Portugal wildfires are a series of wildfires that burned across mainland Portugal and the Madeira archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean during August 2016 that prompted the evacuation of more than one thousand people [3] and destroyed at least 37 homes near Funchal on Madeira island. Flights were also disrupted at Cristiano Ronaldo ...
Rabo de Peixe ( Portuguese for "fish tail") is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 8,866, [ 1] in an area of 16.96 km 2. [ 2] It is the most populous and most densely populated parish in the municipality. It contains the localities Charco, Custódio ...
The islands started to be settled circa 1420 or 1425. On September 23, 1433, the name Ilha da Madeira (Madeira Island or "island of wood") appears in a map, by the first time, in a document. Since its discovery, the archipelago was property of the Order of Christ, which promoted its settlement. Statue of João Gonçalves Zarco.