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unusual facts about Canary Islands in pre-colonial times


Canary Islands in pre-colonial times

Excavations of a settlement at El Bebedero on Lanzarote, made by a team under Pablo Atoche Peña of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Juan Ángel Paz Peralta of the University of Zaragoza, yielded about a hundred Roman potsherds, nine pieces of metal and one piece of glass at the site, in strata dated between the 1st and 4th centuries.


5th Ward of New Orleans

The Ward includes some of the earliest and most famous portions of New Orleans settled in colonial times.

Flagstaff House

It has been a longtime residence of the Commander of the British forces in Hong Kong during colonial times.


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