I received this from someone who researches Madeira. Although there aren't many Madeira researchers on this list, the few may find this interesting and the history buffs may be interested as well.
"I have a library of books (over 50) that deal with Portuguese history, literature and culture. One of them is a recent publication of Yale Press written by Peter Russell who is director of Portuguese Studies at Oxford, entitled "Prince Henry the Navigator, A Life". You can find it in soft cover at Amazon. It's 400 pages long and I'm at page 95 so I can't comment about how good a read it will be, but.......I'm learning a lot about Madeira right now that might be of interest to people in your group who can trace their heritage to that island. For example, many of the original settlers there in the 15th century came specifically from lands owned or under the control of Henry, around Viseu, north central and eastern Portugal. Also, anyone who has a surname derived from Tristao Vaz Texeira might benefit from knowing he died in 1470, leaving four sons and eight daughters behind. The book is full of such details and the index has 25 pages containing an extensive list of sources, at least 300. In my experience, it's not that often you get that many historical documents in one book." -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, R. das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
