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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 islands of the Azores emerged from what is called the Azores Plateau, a 5.8 million km 2 region that is morphologically accented by a depth of 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [27] [28] Azores (blue), Madeira (green) and the Canary Islands (yellow) in the northern Atlantic
9 July — Santa Cruz ( Portugal): Out of India, the carrick was burnt by the English at Flores, one of the islands of the Azores. [ 131 ] 30 August — Assunción ( Spain ): The galleon sank off Flores , in the Azores , during the Battle of Flores against an English privateer , Revenge .
The Azores Plateau or Azores Platform is an oceanic plateau encompassing the Azores archipelago and the Azores triple junction in the North Atlantic Ocean. [1] It was formed by the Azores hotspot 20 million years ago and is still associated with active volcanism. [1] [2] The plateau consists of a roughly triangular-shaped large igneous province ...
From the central ring debris escaped into the sea. Because of water erosion, islands formed by submarine volcanic activity often have short, ephemeral existences, especially if they are formed of uncompacted tephra. This was the case with Sabrina Island: despite reaching a height of about 100 metres (330 ft), it was quickly destroyed by erosion.
Because none of the Macaronesian islands were ever part of any continent, all of the native plants and animals reached the islands via long-distance dispersal. Laurel-leaved forests , called laurisilva , once covered most of the Azores, Madeira, and parts of the Canaries at an altitude of between 400 and 1,200 metres (1,300 and 3,900 ft), the ...
A map of Vila Franca do Campo, the former provincial capital of São Miguel A view of the Água do Pau Massif overlooking the modern town of Vila Franca do Campo. Between the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century, the settlement of Vila Franca do Campo was the provincial capital of the island of São Miguel.
The Conquest of the Azores (also known as the Spanish conquest of the Azores), [6] but principally involving the conquest of the island of Terceira, occurred on 2 August 1583, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, between forces loyal to the claimant D. António, Prior of Crato, supported by the French and English troops, and the Spanish and Portuguese forces loyal to King Philip II of ...