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name = Azores Name used in the default map caption; image = Portugal Azores location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 39.9 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 36.7 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -31.6 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -24.7
1584 map of the Azores Islands Portugal fell into a dynastic crisis following the death of Cardinal-King Henry of Portugal in 1580. Of the various claimants to the crown, the most powerful was king Phillip II of Spain , who justified his rights to the Portuguese throne by the fact that his mother was a Portuguese royal princess, his maternal ...
The Western Group is one of the island groups of the Azores, Portugal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It comprises the islands of Flores and Corvo , situated on the North American Continental Plate of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge .
Map of the Azores Islands (1584) by Abraham Ortelius. The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The first Azorean historians referred to this parish, owing to the settlement of Inês da Maia, a noblewoman that established a home here in the 15th century. [ 3 ] The settlement of the community dates back to the early settlement of Ribeira Grande; the construction of the main church was begun at the end of the 15th century. [ 3 ]
Santa Cruz is a parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória on the island of Terceira in the Portuguese Azores. The population in 2011 was 6,690, [ 1 ] in an area of 30.09 km 2 . [ 2 ] It contains the localities Santa Luzia, Santa Rita, Juncal, Casa da Ribeira and Santa Cruz.