To know the history of Madeira you have to go back to the year 1418, when the navigators led by João Gonçalves Zarco sighted, after many days adrift on the high seas, a small island that saved them from a fateful destiny. A safe harbour which they named 'Porto Santo'. A year later, in 1419, they reached an island they called 'Madeira', due to the abundance of this raw material.