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camara christened city cliffs colony could credited derivation discovered discoverer discovery disembarked explorer extended fishing formed funchal harbour highest islands landing large lobos lobosn location madeira modern name narrow near nearby observed ocean original peninsula point portuguese rocky shelter sheltered ships some stormsntheCamara De Lobos Is A Fishing Village Near The City Of Funchal And Has Some Of The Highest Cliffs In The World Editorial Photo
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Camara de Lobos is a fishing village near the city of Funchal and has some of the highest cliffs in the world #95430069
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The location of the modern town is believed to be the original landing point for the Portuguese discoverer Jo̮̣o Gon̮̤alves Zarco, who is credited with the discovery of the Madeira Islands. When the explorer disembarked in this area 1419, he observed a narrow rocky peninsula that extended into the ocean, and another nearby that formed an amphitheatre-like harbour that could shelter ships from Atlantic storms. The name, lobos, is a Portuguese derivation for sea-lions, which were the animals discovered by Zarco and his men in the sheltered bay. Because of the large colony of these animals, the area was christened c̢̮mara dos lobos
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