John, I remember reading somewhere that the Corvelo surname in the Azores came from Madeira island and has origins in Italy. Italians were attracted to Madeira early on they were instrumental in developing the sugar cane industry on Madeira it was very lucrative initially and the trade network included Northern Europe, Italy and Greece. At some point sugar cane was introduced and took off in the colonies of the West Indies at which point Madeira couldn't compete and the industry began to decline.
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