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Madeira (Madeira Islands)

Island of Portugal

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Madeira (Madeira Islands)

5 images from works
  • Horseback, sledge, sleigh and a hammock used as modes of transport in Madeira. Wood engraving, 1879.
  • Madeira: the harbour. 1896.
  • Madeira: children and a sledge pulled by oxen. 1896.
  • Madeira: the harbour. 1896.
  • Madeira: children and a sledge pulled by oxen. 1896.

Works from the collections

23 works

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    A visit to Madeira in the winter 1880-81: two lectures delivered before the members of the Literary & Philosophical Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 17th and 19th of October, 1881 / by Dennis Embleton.

    | Date: 1882
    • Books

    A history of Madeira. With a series of twenty-seven coloured engravings, illustrative of the costumes, manners, and occupations of the inhabitants of that island / [Anon].

    Combe, William, 1742-1823. | Date: 1821
    • Books

    De l'influence salutaire du climat de Madère ... dans le traitement de la phthisie pulmonaire, ... thèse présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Paris, ... / par F. D'Assis e Souza Vaz.

    Assis e Souza Vaz, Francisco d', 1797-1870. | Date: 1832
    • Books

    Paul Wilhelm Langerhans (1847-1888) / K. Holubar.

    Holubar, K. (Karl), 1936- | Date: 1988
    • Pictures

    Madeira: houses and the mountain railway. 1896.

    | Date: 1896 | Reference: 536521i
    Part of: Sir Hercules Robinson Album. S.Africa.

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