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Because of their location, the Canary Islands have historically been considered a link between the four continents of Africa, North America, South America, and Europe. [9] In 2023, the Canary Islands had a population of 2,236,013, [10] with a density of 299 inhabitants per km 2, making it the seventh most populous autonomous community of Spain ...
Pages in category "History of the Canary Islands" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Petroglyph in the islands Mummy of San Andrés. The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. Until the Spanish colonization between 1402 and 1496, the Canaries were populated by an indigenous population, whose origin was Amazigh from North Africa. The islands were visited by the Phoenicians, the Greeks and the Carthaginians.
Historian Daniele Conversi locates the conquest of the Canary Islands within the history of colonial and imperial genocides. [37] Genocide scholar Mark Levene has stated that while there was not the intent by the Castilian crown to commit genocide, the result of their conquest was the same as if they had intended to commit genocide. [38]
Portugal formally recognised Castile as the ruler of the Canary Islands in 1479 as part of the Treaty of Alcáçovas. [citation needed] The military governor Alonso Fernández de Lugo finally conquered the islands of La Palma (in 1492–1493) and Tenerife (in 1494–1496) for the Crown of Castile, thus completing the conquest of the island group.
Category: History of the Canary Islands by period. ... Years in the Canary Islands (4 C) This page was last edited on 26 March 2020, at 11:28 (UTC). ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain ... 1833 - Las Palmas no longer the capital of the Canary Islands. [3] 1842
Fuerteventura had 124,152 inhabitants (as of 2023), the fourth largest population of the Canary Islands and the third of the province. At 1,659.74 km 2 (640.83 sq mi), [3] it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife. [4] From a geological point of view, Fuerteventura is the oldest island in the archipelago.