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Lanzarote History
A Spanish Island, Lanzarote is situated in the easternmost part of Canary Islands. It is the 4th biggest among all the islands.The very first name of this island was "Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus" which was given by a man named Angelino Dulcert, naming it after a famous Genoese navigator called Lancelotto Malocello. This is the name from which the new name has been derived. This name means "the red mountains".
Lanzarote probably was the 1st Canary Island that was settled. Around 1100 BC,the Phoenicians went and settled in there. Fuerteventura and Lanzarote were mentioned in the very first record as archipelago.
In the year 1585, the admiral of Murat Reis Ottoman captured Lanzarote.
From 1730 to 1736, Lanzarote was hit constantly by volcanic eruptions that created 32 fresh volcanoes within 18 km. Lava of the volcanos covered one quarter of Lanzarote’s surface that included 11 villages and their utmost fertile soil. Another 100 smaller sized volcanoes were found around "Montañas del Fuego". Later in 1768, a huge drought badly affected Lanzarote and winter rains never came that year. Much of its population had to immigrate to Americas and Cuba. Another huge volcanic eruption in 1824 occurred near Tiagua which although wasn’t that bad compared to the eruptions that occured between 1730-1736.
In the year 1927, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura both became a part of Las Palmas province.
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Lanzarote History
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