Conquest of the Canary Islands

Conquest of the Canary Islands
Location of the Canary Islands
Location of the Canary Islands
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The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castile took place between 1402 and 1496 in two periods: the Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance to the crown, and the Conquista realenga, carried out by the Spanish crown itself during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. It has been described as the first instance of European settler colonialism in Africa.[1]

  1. ^ Adhikari (2017), p. 2.