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	CANARY ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on CANARY ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Canary Islands resemble a roughly-drawn semicircle, with its convex side facing southwards, and with the island of Hierro detached on the south-west.
		Inhabitants.The Guanches (q.-v.), who occupied the Canaries at the time of the Spanish invasion, no longer exist as a separate race, for the majority were exterminated, and the remainder intermarried with their conquerors.
		The other district includes Grand Canary, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and has at its head a sub-governor, residing in Las Palmas, on Grand Canary, who is independent of the governor except in regard to elections and municipal administration.
	88.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CANARY_ISLANDS.htm (2746 words)

	Grand Canary Island - South Seas Companion Place
		Gran Canaria, or Grand Canary Island, is the second largest of the Canaries, an archipelago of seven islands in the North Atlantic.
		It has been suggested that the Canary Islands were the Fortunate Islands discussed by various writers in the period of late antiquity (the Elder Pliny, for example, writes that one of the Fortunate Islands was named Canaria because it was populated by ‘dogs of great size’).
		The earliest firm evidence of European knowledge of the Canary Islands derives from voyages undertaken in the mid-fourteenth century.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000045b.htm (250 words)

	The Presa Canario Standard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Of the diverse etymologies about the origin of the name of the Canaries, the Indo-Germanic preferred by Nebrija ("They called themselves gomers and by Gomer, is meant son of Jafet.") the one of the cane, the one of the numerous dogs, the last is the best known.
		The Canaries are a land of dogs and the dog fight seems to be the unquestionable origin of the Presa Canario dog.
		The Canaries, land of Atlases is presented to us by Garcia de la Torre in his Guanche Legends of the Canarv Islands (Barcelona, 1972) on bringing us the memory left in Lanzarote by the tomb of Mahan, an Atlas of 22 feet tall.
	www.red-star-kennel.com /presa/presa_standard/presa_standard.html (5334 words)

	GRAND CANARY - LoveToKnow Article on GRAND CANARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(Gran Canaria), an island in the Atlantic Ocean, forming part of the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands (q.v).
		Grand Canary, the most fertile island of the group, is nearly circular in shape, with a diameter of 24 m.
		The interior is a mass of mountain with ravines radiating to the shore.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRAND_CANARY.htm (150 words)

	LAS PALMAS - LoveToKnow Article on LAS PALMAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		, the capital of the Spanish island of Grand Canary, in the Canary archipelago, and of an administrative district which also comprises the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; on the east coast, in 28 7 N. and 5 24 W. Pop.
		Las Palmas is the largest city in the Canary Islands, of which it was the capital until 1833.
		It is the seat of a court of appeal, of a brigadier, who commandsthe militaryforces in the district, of a civil lieutenant-governor, who is independent of the governor-general except in connection with elections and municipal administration, and of a bishop, who is subordinate to the archbishop of Seville.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LAS_PALMAS.htm (445 words)

	Grand Canary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 210 km from the northwest coast of Africa and belonging to Spain.
		The island has a population of 755,500 with 365,000 of those in the capital city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
		Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is also the capital of the province of Las Palmas, and also one of the co-capitals of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands.
	www.therfcc.org /grand-canary-143983.html (232 words)

	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 of 13°3' and 18°2'W. long.
		The Canary Islands constitute a civil province, a judicial district (audiencia), with its seat at Palmas, for the administration of justice, and a military governorship (captaincy-general).
		The primitive populations of the Canary Islands were the Guanches, a white race, vigorous, of high stature, fair-haired and blue-eyed, and leading mostly a pastoral life.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03243a.htm (898 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Canary Islands @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wine was the main export of the Canaries until the grape blight of 1853; its place was taken by cochineal until aniline dyes came into general use.
		There is fishing on the open seas, and the Canaries, with their subtropical climate and fine beaches, have become a major tourist center.
		The Canaries were frequently raided by pirates and privateers; Las Palmas beat off Francis Drake in 1595 but was ravaged by the Dutch in 1599.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:CanaryIs&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (369 words)

	SIECAN / CABILDOS / GRAN CANARIA
		Within the Cabildo of Grand Canary (Grand Canary Island Authority), the Department of Industry, Commerce and Crafts is responsible for designing the policies in support of the business sector.
		These are aimed at business groupings based in Grand Canary, giving preference to those of an island character and in the commercial sector, such as associations or co-operatives.
		The Canaries must take advantage of the fact that the season for the sale of sports clothing and swimwear is longer than in other regions of Spain and that we have a market for this type of clothing of one million inhabitants, in the Canaries alone, as well as approximately ten million tourists a year
	www.siecan.org /ingles/cabildos/cab_gran_canaria.html (1197 words)

	CANARY ISLANDS
		The Canary Islands are an archipelago and an autonomous region of Spain in the Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of Africa.
		Their capitals are, respectively, Las Palmas on Grand Canary and Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Tenerife Island; the cities also serve as dual and alternative capitals of the region.
		The population of the islands was 1,493,800 according to the 1991 estimate..
	www.nat.is /borgarferdireng/canary_islands.htm (474 words)

	Center for Archaeoastronomy: A&E News Archive
		In the 14-15th centuries Grand Canary and Tenerife were inhabited by Berber populations, called Canarians and Guanches.
		The research for Grand Canary is complemented with an archaeoastronomical study of the mountain of Cuatro Puertas, usually considered of great religious importance.
		From the evidence collected I infer that at its top there is a summer solstice marker which works by mean of the shadow a certain rock casts at sunrise upon a great sign carefully carved on the opposite wall.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~tlaloc/archastro/ae26.html (745 words)

	Canary Islands
		Hotels are located on the canary Islands three principal destinations: Grand Canary, Tenerife and Lanzarote.
		Las Palmas, capital of Grand Canary, not only boasts beaches, yachting and shopping, but also can claim Christopher Columbus as one of its earlier visitors on his journey to America.
		The flight time to the Canary islands, located to the southwest of Spain, is six hours from New York.
	www.emcoinc.com /travel/html/Europe/CanaryIsl.htm (336 words)

	Grand Canary Island Spain Vacation Rentals and Resort Reservations including discounted resorts, condos, villas, ...
		Grand Canary Island Spain Vacation Rentals and Resort Reservations including discounted resorts, condos, villas, private homes and hotel suites in the Grand Canary Island area.
		Our Grand Canary Island vacation rental properties include condominiums, villas, and private homes, representing one of the best values in the travel market place today.
		The mountains of Gran Canary are snow-covered, while only kilometers away are the golden beaches of the coast where the sun shines year round.
	www.mustseevacationrentals.com /vacation-rentals/canary-island-vacations.html (355 words)

	CANARY - Online Information article about CANARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		general and second commandant of the archipelago reside in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and there is a brigadier-governor of Grand Canary, residing in Las Palmas, besides eight inferior military commandants.
		Ptolemy speak of the Fortunate Islands, but from their description it is not clear whether the Canaries or one of the other island See also:
		Vera, became masters of Grand Canary in 1483.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAL_CAR/CANARY.html (3112 words)

	Marlin - Grand Canary
		As I peered out of the airplane window on our descent into Grand Canary, my worst fears were realized: Strong winds whipped the ocean into a frenzy, with whitecaps spreading out in every direction as far as the eye could see.
		Grand Canary is one of the largest of the seven islands that make up the Canary Islands archipelago, which lies along the 38th parallel off the west coast of Africa.
		Grand Canary's fishing bears a strong resemblance to that of its neighbor, Madeira, which lies approximately 500 miles to the north.
	www.marlinmag.com /article.jsp?ID=16695 (1398 words)

	Architectural Review, The: Grand Canary - design of the Canary Wharf station of the London Underground - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Canary Wharf by Foster and Partners is the grandest and the biggest of the new stations -- measuring 31 3m in length, it is apparently as long as Canary Wharf Tower is high.
		Its scale and the capacity to handle up to 100 000 passengers at peak periods is in response to the growing importance of Canary Wharf as a business and commercial centre.
		Given the expected volume of traffic at Canary Wharf, the problem of circulation was of importance in design of the station and Fosters have dealt with it brilliantly.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1240_207/ai_64152789 (725 words)

	Grand Canaries from Quodra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Grand Canyon formed around 10 million years ago after disturbances in the surface of the earth resulted in the land rising, allowing the Colorado River to pierce a path through the rock.
		The rock forming the riverbed today is over 2 billion years old.The Grand Canyon lies in the southern state o...
		The islands are comprised of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman.First visited and discovered by Christopher Columbus May 10, 1503 during his fourth and final voyage to the New World.
	www.quodra.com /Grand-Canaries.html (557 words)

	Columbus Excerpt
		Martin Alonzo remained at Grand Canary by command of the Admiral, he being unable to keep the other vessels company.
		The Admiral afterwards returned to Grand Canary, and there with much labor repaired the Pinta, being assisted by Martin Alonzo and the others; finally they sailed to Gomera.
		He also says that he remembers the same was said by the inhabitants of the Azores and described as in a similar direction, and of the same shape and size.
	novaonline.nv.cc.va.us /eli/evans/HIS101/documents/Columbus.html (2841 words)

	Search Results for canary - Encyclopædia Britannica
		The most fertile of the Canaries, it is nearly circular in shape and is...
		It consists of the western members of the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, and...
		Canary Islands: field of volcanic ash provides fertile soil
	www.britannica.com /search?query=canary&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (457 words)

	Canary Islands (Spain)
		The Canary Islands were originally inhabited by a branch of the Berber people (the Guanches) which were exterminated.
		In 1907 another flag was proposed (very similar to the current Saint Lucia flag but with a red background), the triangle (mountain) blue, and the upper part white (snow).
		The flag symbolised Mount Teide on Tenerife island and wasn't accepted by the other large island (Grand Canary).
	www.1uptravel.com /flag/flags/es-ic.html (175 words)

	Canary Islands Hotels - Research Canary Islands Hotels and Read Reviews by Readers
		The coastal areas are the most populated and built up, with upscale resorts sharing the beachfront with fruit peddlers and crafts merchants, while the inland villages offer many less expensive accommodations in paradisiacal surroundings that have not changed for centuries.
		Hotels located on Grand Canary Island, sometimes referred to as The Small Continent due to its varied landscapes, climatical zones and vegetation.
		HotelGuide, HotelGuide Canary Islands and Profile Page are service marks of MetroGuide.com, Inc. HotelGuide Network is a registered service mark of MetroGuide.com, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
	canary.islands.hotelguide.net (529 words)

	TENERIFFE [Tenerife] - Online Information article about TENERIFFE [Tenerife] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From twenty to twenty-four hours are consumed in ascending the peak and returning to Orotava.
		To the north-west of the grand cone, some thousands of feet below Chahorra, there are many small cones of eruption, showing that the intensity of volcanic action was greatest on this side.
		capital of Teneriffe and of the Canaries (pop.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TAV_THE/TENERIFFE_Tenerife.html (1431 words)

	Katiuska Hanohano - Canary Islands Information
		A documentary film about the Canary Islands and it’s 3 700 unique species - and the incompetence of man to meet with their present;about the conflict between the growing mass tourism and wildlife; about the last whistle of the Guanche.
		Sugar and the conquest of the Canary Islands.
		UFOs, enigmas and paranormal phenomena in the Canary Islands.
	www.katiuska.net /canary_links.html (977 words)

	Grand Canary Weather - Typhoon.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Z The Canary Islands The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Oceanthe exception of the dromedary and the thistle-finch, or canary-bird.
		The Grand Union Building is the marker of the 80 acre Paddington Regeneration Area.
		The original settlers in the Canary Islands, The Guanches, used Gofio as a major part of theiressential to choose a fine wine to accompany your meal.
	www.typhoon.co.uk /directory/371178_grand.html (928 words)

	Flats for rent in Grand Canary Island to let - airport transfer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		to rent in the south Grand Canary Island.
		Canary Island, fully furnished and equipped for 4 persons.
		Bungalow in Puerto Rico in the south Grand Canary Island
	www.meinzuhause24.com /englisch/premises.php (125 words)

	Grand Canaria, March 13 - 27, 2004
		Weather on Grand Canary is given by the Spanish Weather Bureau (
		To the left have a look at how the Canary Islands are situated in relation to Africa.
		Two happy people on their way to Grand Canary.
	privat.bluezone.no /feness/grandcan04 (313 words)

	Canary Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The romance of tall-ship sailing unfurls on a Canary Island itinerary.
		Stull, Stull and Brody Announces Class Action against Alliance Capital Management and Canary on Behalf of Purchasers of the Securities of the AllianceBernstein Family of Funds.
		A hot favourite ; From lunar landscape to toboggan terror, they're islands in the sun with a difference.
	encyclopedia.com /html/C/CanaryI1s.asp (852 words)

	Canary Islands 1994
		The greenhouses are an eye sore, as in southern Spain (approaching Gomera Island by ferry, the earliest landmark visible through the mist is the reflection of the giant greenhouse roof: it must be visible from space).
		The Canaries are described as the Galapagos of plant evolution, and I wished I had a field guide to the plants and lizards.
		The Canaries switch to daylight savings time when Spain does, so they are 5 hours ahead of Eastern US time most of the year.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/CanaryIsl94.html (4560 words)

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