Fortunatae Insulae (Canary Islands)

natural · 30 BC – 1599 AD · location approximate

The "Blessed Islands", equivalent in most ancient literature to the modern Canary Islands (Islas Canarias).

Coordinates

28.31501, -16.53508

Also known as

Canariae Insulae (la), Canariae Insulae (la), Cezāʾir-i Ḫālidāt (ota), Cezāʾirü’s-süʿedā (ota), Fortunatae Insulae (la), Fortunatae Insulae (la), جزائر السعدا (ota), جزائر خالدات (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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