Welcome to Madeira


Where in the fascination of Madeira lies, its essential spirit and potent charm, it is not easy to say, but certain it is that she throws gold-dust into the eyes of all who yield to her spell, and it is through a glamour of enchantment that they behold her.No romance of an ancient civilization casts a halo of glory round her past, for but five hundred years of chequered history lie behind her.” (Pg. 40 )

Hutcheon, J. E. (1928) “Things seen in Madeira”, Plymouth: William Brendow & Son, Ltd.

Monday, 30 May 2011

What others said about Madeira......


It is a curious and interesting experience when one begins to dive in among the mists that shroud the dawn of history for Madeira, to find so many legends, myths, and old-time tales clustering round the island gem of the Atlantic.” (pg.22)

Hutcheon, J. E. (1928) “Things seen in Madeira”, Plymouth: William Brendow & Son, Ltd.


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