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The Canary Islands are off the coast of West Sahara. That’s the most sparsely populated area of Africa today. Maybe, as the desert expanded, the seafaring peop
by pavlov 3y ago
The Canary Islands are off the coast of West Sahara. That’s the most sparsely populated area of Africa today.
Maybe, as the desert expanded, the seafaring people moved north and south to more hospitable places. Leaving nobody in West Sahara to recontact the Canaries.
- illusiveman 3y agoThe Canary Islands doesn't belong to Africa.
- zilti 3y agoNobody said otherwise.
- Bloomy22 3y ago…and yet tectonically it is not part of the African plate.
- pavlov 3y agoNobody claimed otherwise…
- Tabular-Iceberg 3y agoDo you suppose the first Guanches felt the bump when they went over from one plate to the next in their boats?
- pezezin 3y agoWhat? The Canary Islands are very much part of the African Plate. Here, you can see the islands clearly on the map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Plate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Plate Are you mistaking them with the Azores?
- wirrbel 3y agoGeographically it does, ever looked at a map? Politically its part of Spain of course.
- jltsiren 3y agoYou don't have to guess, because that part of history is well documented. During the middle ages, present-day Morocco all the way to the latitudes of the Canary Islands was often controlled by major powers, such as the Umayyad Caliphate, the Almoravids, and the Almohad Caliphate. They were all naval powers, but their interests were elsewhere.