Land of the Wine e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In styling the natives of these islands Madei rans the author has furthermore departed from the custom of all previous writers on the subject, who have called them Portuguese, an appellation which the natives themselves resent. For this divergence from the usual course the following reason is offered.