Charles Heineken
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Charles Heineken, also known as Carlos Heineken, was an English medical doctor and ornithologist. He lived on Madeira, a Portuguese island in Macaronesia, from 1826 until his death. He described the T
Trocaz pigeon (Columba trocaz), first described by Heineken
Madeira
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Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 805 km southwest of mainland Portugal. Together with the Azores, it is one of the
Charles Heineken
…Charles Heineken (died 4 January 1830), also known as Carlos Heineken, was an English medical doctor and ornithologist. He lived on Madeira, a Portuguese island in Macaronesia, from 1826 until his death. He described the Trocaz pigeon, a Madeiran endemic bird species. He is commemorated in…
The fourth and final sheet of the four-sheet Corbitis Atlas (1384–1410)
Statue of João Gonçalves Zarco
Cathedral of Funchal with its tower of 15th-century Gothic style in the background
Sights from Balcões showing Madeira's high orography