Madeira and the Canary Islands : a practical and complete guide for the use of invalids and tourists / A. Samler Brown.

  • Brown, A. Samler.
Date:
1894
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    in 1640. From 1801 till 1802, and from 1807 till 1814, the island was garrisoned by British troops, under the treaty of alliance. Large exports of sugar and wine commenced early in the history of the island, the wine being in such request at the beginning of the present century, that in the year 1800 as much as 16,981 pipes were shipped. England took a large part of this, the taste having been implanted in the country by the officers returning from the American war of secession. This consumption, however, fell off greatly as people began to acquire a liking for French clarets and, though other markets were opened, the trade suffered considerably long before the oi'dium in 1852 and the phylloxera in 1873 came to destroy the vineyards and strike at the source of supply itself. The commercial history of the vine will be found in greater detail elsewhere. In 1834 monasteries and nunneries were placed under the control of the Government. Monks were ejected but nuns were allowed to die out, though some of the nunneries are still occupied by novices. At the time of the suppression there Avere four monasteries and three nunneries.