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	Madeira Islands Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ FolkArtMuseum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Madeira Islands, known originally to the Romans as the Purple Islands, were rediscovered (accidentally) by Portuguese sailors and settled by Portugal in 1418.
		Funchal, the capital of Madeira Island, is on the south coast of the principal island, in 32°37.75′N 16°55.3′W.
		Madeira Island is the largest island of the group with 741 km², has a length of 30 geographical miles (57 km), an extreme breadth of 13 miles (22 km), and a coastline of 80 or 90 miles.
	www.folkartmuseum.com /encyclopedia/Madeira_Islands (1653 words)

	Madeira Islands - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Madeira Islands
		Group of islands forming an autonomous region of Portugal, off the northwest coast of Africa, about 420 km/260 mi north of the Canary Islands; area 796 sq km/308 sq mi; population (1994 est) 256,000.
		Madeira, the largest, and Porto Santo are the only inhabited islands.
		The islands were Portuguese from the 15th century, and occupied by Britain in 1801 and 1807–14.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Madeira+Islands (212 words)

	Madeira Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Funchal, the "capital" of Madeira Island, is on the south coast of the principal island, in 32° 37' 45 N lat.
		Among Madeira's main cities are: Funchal, Porto Santo also known as Vila Baleira, Machico, Câmara de Lobos, Santa Cruz and.
		The Islands have two airports, one in Santa Cruz on the Island of Madeira and the other in the city of Vila Baleira on Porto Santo Island.
	www.chicagoheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Madeira_Islands (919 words)

	Madeira Islands at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Funchal, the main city of Madeira, is on the south coast of the principal island, in
		Madeira, the largest island of the group, has a length of 30 geographical miles, an extreme breadth of 13 miles, and a coastline of 80 or 90 miles.
		On the south there is left very little of the indigenous forest which once clothed the whole island and gave it the name it bears (Madeira means "wood" in Portuguese), but on the north some of the valleys still contain native trees of fine growth.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Madeira_islands.html (635 words)

	Madeira Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The islands were known to the Romans as the Purple Islands and were rediscovered (1418-20) by João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vas Teixeira.
		Madeira was temporarily occupied by the British in the early 19th cent.
		Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA in Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Madeira Island and Setubal District, mainland Portugal.(Research)
	encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/M/MadeirI1s.asp (945 words)

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