José Rodrigo Madera describes himself as

The city is often referred to by locals as Mad Beach.

The photographer José Rodrigo Madera shot one photograph a day during two years, as part of his project 365.

Câmara de Lobos ( literally, is a municipality, parish and city in the south central coast of the island of Madeira.

There followed the first discoveries in the Atlantic Madeira and the Azores, which led to the first colonization movements.

Slaves were used, and the proportion of imported slaves in Madeira reached 10 of the total population by the 16th century.

For Miguel Madeira, from the blog Vias de Facto , the relative Icelandic success is more the result of popular mobilization than of 'new governments' .

It is found from the Bay of Biscay southwards to South Africa, including Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean and (rarely) the Black Sea.

On December 5, almost halfway between Lisbon and Madeira, Sidney Smith, along with Britain's envoy to Lisbon, Lord Strangford, returned to Europe with part of the British flotilla.

The movement gained support from the Island of Madeira, the Azores and reached the captaincy of Grão Pará and Bahia, in Brazil, leading even to an uprising by the military garrison of Rio de Janeiro itself.

His government in Terceira island was only recognized in the Azores, whereas on the continent and in the Madeira Islands power was exercised by Philip II, who was acclaimed king in 1580 as Philip I of Portugal and recognized as official king by the Cortes of Tomar in 1581.