inhabitants of the canary islands
1The Canary Islands — The Canary Islands † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Canary Islands The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the western coast of Africa, between the parallels of 27°4 and 29°3 N. lat., and the meridians… …
2Conquest of the Canary Islands — The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Kingdom of Castille took place between 1402 and 1496. It can be divided into two periods, the Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance with the crown …
3Canary Islands — The Guanches, now an extinct population and an offshoot of the race of Berbers, were the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the Moroccan Atlantic coast and is an… …
4Demographics of the Canary Islands — Population 219 people/km² with Gran Canaria and Tenerife accounting for more than 80% of the total population of all islands. There is a history of emigration from the islands to other cities and countries, such as Cuba and Venezuela. In recent… …
5Canary Islands — Islas Canarias (Spanish)   Autonomous community   …
6Canary Islands in pre-colonial times — The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity; the islands themselves are estimated to be 30 million years old. [cite book last = O Brien first = Sally authorlink = title = Canary Islands publisher = Lonely Planet year = 2004 doi = isbn =… …
7Canary Islands — Canarian, adj., n. a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic Ocean, near the NW coast of Africa, comprising two provinces of Spain. 1,138,801; 2894 sq. mi. (7495 sq. km). Also called Canaries. * * * Spanish Islas Canarias Island group and… …
8The Innocents Abroad — The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims Progress   …
9Canary — Taxobox name = Canary image width = 240px image caption = status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53391|title=Serinus canaria|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes… …
10History of the Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles. Successive waves of Arawak migrants, moving northward from the Orinoco delta in South America, settled the islands of the Caribbean.… …
