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Fun fact 2 about Madeira

The fourth and final sheet of the four-sheet Corbitis Atlas (1384–1410)
island

Madeira is home to six distinct chromosomal varieties of house mice, believed to be descendants of common European house mice brought to the island by Vikings.

Madeira
Portugal
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Madeira

Portugal

Area
741 km²
Location
Portugal
47th largest island in the world

Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 805 km southwest of mainland Portugal. Together with the Azores, it is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal and a special territory of the European Union.

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