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LEITE (Jerónimo Dias). DESCOBRIMENTO da ilha da Madeira e Discurso da vida e feitos dos Capitães da dita Ilha:. Barcelos. 1947. - LEITE (Jerónimo Dias) DESCOBRIMENTO da ilha da Madeira e Discurso da vida e feitos dos Capitães da dita Ilha: . tratado composto em 1579 e agora publicado com introdução e notas de João Franco Machado. Barcelos: Instituto de Estudos Históricos Dr. António de Vasconcelos, 1947. CVIII, 144 pp., 1 est.: il.; 240 mm. First edition of a text that was thought to be lost, composed in 1579 by Jerónimo Dias Leite at the request of Gaspar Frutuoso, to serve as the basis for the elaboration of Book II of his Saudades da Terra about the island of Madeira. This is the first written history of the island of Madeira and Porto Santo, narrating the discovery of the archipelago and the life and deeds of its captain-donatories. In the introductory study preceding the text, João Franco Machado irrefutably demonstrates the close correspondence between this work and Saudades da Terra , proving that Frutuoso transcribed Dias Leite almost verbatim in his own chronicle, which gives this original text added value as a primary source of Madeiran historiography. A foundational work and an indispensable reference for the history of the discovery and settlement of the island of Madeira. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate