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He is best known for his exhaustive History of the Canary Islands (Historia de Canarias), which took 20 years of work. He was assisted by Fernando de Molina Quesada, José Vandewalle, and others. The first volume was published in 1773, the second in 1774, the third in 1775, and the fourth in 1781. [2]
Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Román Rodríguez: Nicasio Galván: Casimiro Curbelo: Party NC–BC: Vox: ASG: Leader since 26 February 2005
The name Islas Canarias is likely derived from the Latin name Canariae Insulae, meaning "Islands of the Dogs", perhaps because monk seals or sea dogs were abundant, a name that was evidently generalized from the ancient name of one of these islands, Canaria – presumably Gran Canaria.
An animation of the earthquake swarm from the start until 19 September. An earthquake swarm started under Cumbre Vieja on 11 September 2021. It slowly migrated to the surface, with earthquakes of up to around mb Lg magnitude 3.5, [24] [25] and more than 22,000 earthquakes were recorded in the space of a week. [26]
No. Name (born–died) Term of office Political party Ref. Took office Left office Time in office 1 Alfonso Soriano Benítez de Lugo (born 1936) 14 April 1978
Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of Northwest Africa.The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria (Canary speech) or the (dialecto) canario (Canarian dialect).
Viera y Clavijo, Noticias de la Historia General de las Islas canarias. Goya ediciones, 4 volúmenes, Tenerife. Rodríguez Moure, J: Tenesor Semidan, o Don Fernando Guanarteme, Imprenta y librería de M. Curbelo, La Laguna, 1922. Espinosa, Alonso (fray). Historia de Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Goya ediciones, Tenerife.
The Government of the Canary Islands is the institution that holds the executive power within the competence framework of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, in Spain, conferred by the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands.