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Canary Islands Holiday - Illustrations by Ella Du Cane
Canary Islands Holidays - Holidays to Canary IslandsWe have decided to reprint sections that we find interesting from: The Canary Islands (1911) by Florence Du Cane, illustrated by Ella Du Cane on the subject of the Canary Islands and travel within. Published in London by A. and C. Black in English. This book is out of copyright.
Canary Islands - Ella Du-Cane - A-Banana Cart
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Almond Blossom - Valley of Orotava Oratova Valley, view towards Pico de Teide The name of the valley is the traditional and a representative city of La Orotava is located at 340 m above sea level with about 38,000 people. Puerto de la Cruz is a small place of La Orotava, the old main port in the valley and a tourist area in northern Tenerife.
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - An Old Balcony
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - An Old Gateway
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - A Patio
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - A Spanish Garden
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - A Street in Puerto Orotava
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Botanical Gardens, Orotava
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Convent of Sant Augustin, Icod de los Vinos The convent of San Agustín and the Renaissance church of San Marcos are in la Plaza de la Pila, Icod de los Vinos, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - El Sitio del Gardo
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Entrance to a Spanish Villa
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Las Palmas - This watercolour shows The Cathedral of Santa Ana, in the capital city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1911
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Puerto Orotava - La Orotava is a municipality of Spain, located on the north coast of Tenerife, within the Orotava Valley. It is located 5 km E of Puerto de la Cruz, about 33 km SSW of the island's capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, west of the Tenerife North Airport.
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Realejo Alto - Los Realejo is a medium-sized town on the Spaish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands and part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is located W of Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava, about 42 km SSW of the island's capital, N of Los Cristianos and Las Américas of Arona and about 80 km north of Tenerife South Airport. The inhabitants are known in Spanish as "Realejeros"
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - San Domingo - Villa Orotava
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - San Sebastian - San Sebastián de la Gomera is a town (the main port and capital) and also an administrative district on La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - Statices and Pride of Tenerife
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - The Canary Pine The Canary Pine Pinus canariensis
Canary-Islands - Ella Du Cane - The Peak from Villa Orotava Oratova Valley, view towards Pico de Teide
Canary Islands - Ella Du Cane - La Paz Wiki notes: The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. Until the Spanish colonization between 1402 and 1496, the Canaries were populated by an indigenous population called the Guanches, whose origin is still the subject of discussion among historians and linguists. The islands were visited by the Phoenicians, the Greeks and the Carthaginians. According to the 1st century AD Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder, the archipelago was found to be uninhabited when visited by the Carthaginians under Hanno the Navigator, but that they saw ruins of great buildings. This story may suggest that the islands were inhabited by other peoples prior to the Guanches. At the time of European engagement, the Canary Islands were inhabited by a
variety of indigenous communities. The pre-colonial population of the Canaries
is generically referred to as Guanches, although, strictly speaking, Guanches
were originally the inhabitants of Tenerife. According to the chronicles, the
inhabitants of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote were referred to as Maxos, Gran Canaria
was inhabited by the Canarians, El Hierro by the Bimbaches, La Palma by the Auaritas
and La Gomera by the Gomeros. Evidence does seem to suggest that inter-insular
interaction was relatively low and each island was populated by its own distinct
socio-cultural groups who lived in relative isolation separated from each other. |
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