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Undici giorni ad occidente di Lisbona, quindi dodici giornate a mezzodì, dovettero condurre all’isola di Madeira, la quale sarebbe adunque l’isola El-Ghanam degli El-Magrurin, il cui nome ha un singolare rapporto di consonanza colla denominazione italiana d’isola del Legname, inscritta sui portolani neolatini assai tempo prima che i Portoghesi lo traducessero letteralmente con quello di isola Madeira. (...)