It's crazy how early Spanish contact with the Canaries was, considering it played out very similar to later New World colonization and was basically the blueprint. First contact was 1385 (!), the Spanish are still shooting arrows themselves
Boxy@Boxy_FT
Aug 26
Reading a 17th century history of the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands, and it's interesting how not biased against the native Guanches it is. He'll be like "yeah so this guy behaved like shit so naturally they killed him"

Aug 26, 2026 · 10:14 PM UTC

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Replying to @Boxy_FT
Very interesting whats the title?
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'History of the Conquest of the Seven Islands of Gran Canaria' by Juan de Abreu Galindo
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Replying to @Boxy_FT
Huh, it feels really late to me. The Canaries are not that far from Spain, and with the pace of technology in the Middle Ages I'd expect more than just 100 years from getting there to circumnavigating Africa and crossing the Atlantic
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They are much closer to Morocco and the Muslims never had an interest in them
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The highpoint of archery was Agincourt in 1415, so after the Spaniards had started on the Canaries. Individual firearms (i.e. not canon) were incredibly shitty for a looong time after that, they were slow to reload, the powder kept getting wet, absolutely innacurate, prone
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