Historical figures in Funchal
The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1478 to 1959. The most recorded lives are Christopher Columbus, Roald Amundsen and James Cook. Among them Explorers, Engineers and Inventors and Military Leaders, across the Age of Exploration and the Cold War.
Notable people
Anatole France
in 1909
1 moment here
French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…
Christopher Columbus
from 1478 to 1498
2 moments here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Fulgencio Batista
in 1959
1 moment here
Cuban army officer and politician who became a central power in Cuba after the 1933 Sergeants’ Revolt, served as president from 1940 to 1944,…
James Cook
in 1768
1 moment here
British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer whose surveys of Newfoundland and three Pacific voyages transformed European geographic knowledge of…
Roald Amundsen
in 1910
1 moment here
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…
Moments
- 1478 Purchases sugar in Madeira Christopher Columbus
- 1498 Visits Madeira Christopher Columbus
- 1768 Sails from Funchal James Cook
- 1909 Call at Funchal Anatole France
- 1910 Reveals Antarctic plan at Funchal Roald Amundsen
- 1959 Arrival in Madeira Fulgencio Batista