With 'The island's burgeoning economic significance propelled population growth, and by the middle of the 15th century Madeira was home to 800 families.', is it rational to deduce 'Madeira proved to be uninhabitable.'
The island's burgeoning economic significance propelled population growth, and by the middle of the 15th century Madeira was home to 800 families.###Madeira proved to be uninhabitable.