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
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
Satellite image of the Madeira archipelago by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 stellite, with Porto Santo on the top right, Madeira island on the center, and the Desertas islands at the bottom, with the Chão islet at the top and Deserta Grande island at the bottom. The Bugio Island and the Savage islands are not represented.
Savage Islands
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The Savage Islands, or Selvagens Islands, are a small Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, 280 kilometres south of Madeira and 165 kilometres north of the Canary Islands. The archipelag
A reef along the coast of Selvagem Pequena, the smaller of the main islands
Aerial photograph of the Northeastern Group, that includes Selvagem Grande
Aerial photograph of the Southwestern Group, includes several islets and Selvagem Pequena
A view of the arid plateau of Selvagem Grande (with lighthouse at the top)