João Gonçalves Zarco Inaugurates the Era of Portuguese Exploration with the Rediscovery of the Madeira Islands, 1418-20 - Research Article from Science and Its Times

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Located some 560 miles (about 900 km) west of Morocco, the Madeiras—also known as the Funchal Islands—today consist of two inhabited islands, Madeira and Porto Santo, and two uninhabited groups, the Desertas and the Selvagens. Together they comprise about 306 square miles (794 sq km) and they have remained a possession of Portugal since João Gonçalves Zarco discovered them in the period 1418-20. In fact Gonçalves was actually rediscovering the islands, which may have been known since ancient times. In any case, history has assigned him a relatively small role in an event that marked the beginning of Portugal's overseas empire.

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