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	Lancelotto Malocello - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lancelotto Malocello (in Latin, Lanzarotus Marocelus; in French Lancelot Maloisel) (fl.
		Malocello perhaps voyaged in search of the Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi, who had voyaged to the Canary Islands in 1291 on their way to India and whose fate was unknown.
		Malocello arrived on the island in 1312, and remained there for almost two decades until he was expelled by a Guanche revolt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancelotto_Malocello (280 words)

	Lanzarote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived.
		After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Canary islands became abandoned until 999 AD when the Arabs arrived to the island and was known as al-Djezir al-Khalida and other names.
		A fort was later built in the area of Montaña de Guanapay near today's Teguise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lanzarote (1257 words)

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		No one should be surprised that the lanzaroteños or rabbit hunters (for a long time rabbit fur was a main activity, which accounts for the name) have with César Manrique the same ambiguous relationship that is typical between the creator and his creatures.
		The origin of Lanzarote goes back to 1339 when a Genovese sailor called Lancelotto Malocello arrived at the island and lived there for 20 years, until the inhabitants, the mahos, who called the place Titerroygata, which means the “red mountains” sent him away.
		If the latter gave his name to the continent Cristophoro Colombo discovered, Lancelotto Malocello gave his to Lanzarote.
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	The Lady - The lunar landscapes of Lanzarote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		In 1312, Lancelotto Malocello sailed from his home town of Genoa in Italy and landed on the island of Lanzarote, just 80 miles off the African coast.
		Information on destinations, routes and accommodation can be found on the website at: www.spain.info or www.lanzarote.com.
		A statue of a Guanche, one of the original tall, fair-haired inhabitants of Lanzarote met by Lancelotto Malocello, the explorer, when he arrived in peace
	www.lady.co.uk /articles/0229artA.cfm?framed=y (1285 words)

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		The wind is fairly constant and moderate almost all of the year making it a suitable place for yachting, windsurfing and kitesurfing.
		It is thought that Lanzarote takes its name from the Italian sailor, Lancelotto Malocello who was one of the first explorers of the island.
		The motive for exploring the island was to capture slaves as war and disease had stopped labour.
	www.canaryproperty.com /default.asp?Lang=Eng&Page=lanzarote (1209 words)

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		It is the most eastern island of the Canarian archipelago and it is situated very close to the African coast (which is some 125km away) and north of Fuerteventura.
		The island receives the name of Lanzarote from the Genovese sailor, Lancelotto Malocello, one of the first explorers of the island.
		The local tourist publication 'Lancelot' is named in his honour.
	www.thefivepaths.com /lanza.html (278 words)

	The International Property Investment Network - Lanzarote in depth
		It is located 11 km NE of Fuerteventura and only 1 km from Graciosa.
		The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese marine Lencelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived.
		In 1336, a ship from Lisbon under the gudiance of Lanzarote da Framqua alias Lancelotto Malocello.
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	Lanzarote History - DiscoverLanzarote.com
		Lanceletto Malocello, a Genoese navigator who arrived on the island in 1312,is credited with making its presence known to the European powers of the time.
		In 1339 the very first reference to the island was recorded in the "Dulcert Atlas" as the island found by Lancelotto Malocello.
		The name Lanzarote is the direct translation into spanish of lancolot (lancelloto).
	www.discoverlanzarote.com /history.asp (618 words)

	Lanzarote Hotels \| Budget Lanzarote Island Hotel \| Discount Hotel Lanzarote
		Lanzarote, known as the island of 300 volcanoes is addressed as 'Conejera' by the islanders.
		The island was christened Lanzarote from the Genovese sailor, Lancelotto Malocello, who was one of the first explorers of the island.
		The original inhabitants knew the island as 'Titeroygatra', which means 'the coloured hills'.
	www.hotelsanantonio.com /discount-hotel-lanzarote.htm (560 words)

	Lanzarote holiday rentals
		Lanzarote is close to the African coast, which is only about 125 kms away, and lies to the north of Fuerteventura!
		The name Lanzarote comes from one of the first explorers of the island, the Genovese sailor, Lancelotto Malocello.
		The island's original name was Titeroygatra which means 'the coloured hills" due to the red colour of the landscape!
	www.owners-direct.org /lanzarote.html (307 words)

	Secretplaces – Guide to auThentic and romantic Lanzarote & Fuerteventura hotels
		The most easterly of the seven major Canary Islands it is situated in the Atlantic Ocean only some 100 km from the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula.
		Lanzarote is probably named after a Genoese navigator called Lancelotto Malocello, who arrived on the island during the second half of the XIV century opening the way to successive expeditions of French, British and Spanish sailors and merchants.
		Previously the area was known as the Fortunate Islands.
	www.secretplaces.com /sp/1/regions/Lanzarote_&_Fuerteventura_hotels.asp (816 words)

	Cheap Hotels in Lanzarote, Canary Islands - HotelsHotelsHotels.co.uk
		The first literary mention of island of Lanzarote, originally known as Tite Roy Gatra was in 1339.
		It was found by Lancelotto Malocello, who made reference of it in his Dulcert Atlas in that year.
		He was a navigator from Genoa and he brought it to the attention of his European peers as early as 1312.
	www.hotelshotelshotels.co.uk /canary-islands/lanzarote-about.html (1036 words)

	Lanzarote
		It is made up of seven municipalities: Accerife (the capital), Teguise, Haria, Bartalome, Tias, Tinajo and Yaiza and has a population that hovers around the 100,000 mark.
		The island's name comes from the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello who arrived there in the latter half of the fourteenth century.
		Today tourism is by far the largest industry on the island but the traditional fishing and agricultural communities still add a touch of old world charm to this charming and picturesque island.
	www.canaryislandresorts.com /english/lanzarote/default.asp (194 words)

	Lanzarote. The island
		Lanzarote's tourist development has won it international acclaim as a unique model for the preservation of its natural and cultural heritage.
		The aborigines called the island 'Tite-roy-gatra', or Red Mountain; the Romans called it 'Pupuria' because of the abundance of purple lichen (orchil), but the name Lanzarote comes from the Island's discovery by the Genoese, Lancelotto Malocello, who reclaimed it from the obscurity it had fallen into since classical times.
		About 100 km off the African coast, Lanzarote is in the temperate zone of the Tropic of Cancer, warmed by the Saharan temperatures meeting the Gulf Stream.
	www.canary-travel.com /Lanzarote/Lanzarote-in.html (430 words)

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		Genoan merchant, Cristóbal de Ponte paid for the conquest of Tenerife and his Italian blood has coursed through the veins of the island's dynasties for centuries.
		Another Italian, Lancelotto Malocello had settled on the island of Lanzarote in 1312, even having the island named after him.
		And, of course, that other famous Italian, Christopher Columbus, dallied here (with medieval nymphomaniac, Beatriz de Bobadilla) on numerous occasions, though history does not record that he left any blood ties in the archipelago.
	www.secret-tenerife.com /2006/07/canary-islands-links-to-world-cup.shtml (1005 words)

	Lanzarote at a Glance
		Many historians maintain that the ancient inhabitants of the Canaries originate from Africa.
		The pre-Hispanic civilization was still in the stone-age when the Italian navigator Lancelotto Malocello arrived on the island in 1312 and gave it his name.
		The ancient inhabitants of the Canaries are generically known as Guanches and many traces of their way of life still remain.
	www.lanzaroteproperty.es /lanzarote/lanzarote_at_a_glance.htm (1186 words)

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