Geographically located two times closer to Africa than to Europe (about 1000 km of the closest cost) Madeira island was probably one of the legendary Fortunate isles mentioned for the first time in Plutarch’s “Parallel lives”.. Officially discovered and settled during 15th century, the island quickly became known for the production of sugar cane. Madeira…
Category: Europe
Gran Canaria – the island of contrasts
Gran Canaria, is considered as one of the most popular islands at the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa, which is a part of Spain. Most of tourists might think that the name comes from a beautiful, very colorful bird, Canary, but it’s the opposite. The birds got the name after the island. The most common explanation…
Three facts about Brittany
Three facts about the originality of Brittany on the world’s scale
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