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Lanzarote is a Spanish island,the northernmost and easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 125 kilometres off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.94 square kilometres,Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 152'289 inhabitants at the start of 2019,it is the third most populous Canary Island,after Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Located in the centre-west of the island is Timanfaya National Park,one of its main attractions. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1993. The island's capital is Arrecife,which lies on the eastern coastline. It is the smaller main island of the Province of Las Palmas.
Isleños are the inhabitants of the Canary Islands,and by extension the descendants of Canarian settlers and emigrants to present-day Louisiana,Texas,Cuba,the Dominican Republic,Venezuela,Puerto Rico,and other parts of the Americas. In these places,the name isleño was applied to the Canary Islanders to distinguish them from Spanish mainlanders known as "peninsulars". Formerly used for the general category of people,it now refers to the specific cultural identity of Canary Islanders or their descendants throughout Latin America and in Louisiana,where they are still called isleños. Another name for Canary Islander in English is "Canarian." In Spanish,an alternative is canario or isleño canario.
Canary Islanders,or Canarians,are a Romance people and ethnic group. They reside on the Canary Islands,an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest Africa,and descend from a mixture of Spanish settlers and aboriginal Guanche peoples. Genetics shows modern Canarian people to be a mixture of mostly European,with significant North African,and minor Sub-Saharan African. The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria or the (dialecto) canario. The Canarians,and their descendants,played a major role during the conquest,colonization,and eventual independence movements of various countries in Latin America. Their ethnic and cultural presence is most palpable in the countries of Uruguay,Venezuela,Cuba,the Dominican Republic,and the United States territory of Puerto Rico.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias or Diocese Canariense-Rubicense is a diocese located in the Canary Islands in the Ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain. The dioceses includes the islands of Gran Canaria,Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. However,it does not include the whole archipelago,since the Diocese of Tenerife includes the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. For this reason,the use of the name of the archipelago is currently a very controversial topic in the Canary Islands. It has recently emerged between the society of Lanzarote the desire to recover the diocesan headquarters of San Marcial del Rubicón.
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Vicente Álvarez Travieso (1705–1779) was a Spanish judge and politician who served as the first alguacil of San Antonio,Texas,from 1731 until his death. He was a leading spokesperson of the Canary Islands settlers of San Antonio and was noted for his support for the Isleño community there. Through his demands to the leaders of New Spain,Travieso was able to improve the lives of the Isleños. He was instrumental in providing medical care for them,thus ensuring their survival. Travieso became mayor of San Antonio in 1776.
JoséGaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) was a Tejano who served three terms as the mayor of San Antonio,Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early colonists. Gaspar Flores was a member of a group opposing the dictatorial actions of the President of Mexico,Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna,and is known to have attended their first meeting in Bexar as well as the first revolutionary convention ever held in the city on November 15,1834. He was one of the 35 men who signed the anti-Centrist document which was presented at the convention.
Simón de Arocha (1731–1796) was a Tejano militia commander and alcalde of San Antonio de Béxar. Like his father,who had been city clerk and public notary,Simón and his brothers became leaders in the province.
Juan Moya y Delgado (1806–1874) was a prominent Tejano landowner and Mexican army captain who fought in the Texas Revolution.
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Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos (Zevallos) was a soldier and politician who served as governor of Province of Texas (1730–1734) and Coahuila,New Spain (1754–1756). He also served as alcalde ordinario in Mexico City.
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Ignacio Lorenzo de Armas was a Spanish politician who served as mayor of San Antonio,Texas in 1738 and 1764. His family arrived in San Antonio from the Canary Islands in 1731 with other Canarian families in order to populate this region.
Antonio Rodríguez Medero was the mayor of San Antonio,Texas,in 1741. He was one of the first settlers of San Antonio. He laid the foundation for the creation of the first "heritage of water" in the United States. He was also the architect of the construction of several canals to irrigate the lands of the Canarian settlers in San Antonio. These heritage of water would serve as a model for all those that were created later in San Antonio.
Salvador Rodrígez (1688–?) was a Spanish politician who served as regidor in San Antonio,Texas. His family arrived in San Antonio from the Canary Islands,Spain,in 1731 with other Canarian families to bring order and populate this border region with French Louisiana.
Canarian Americans are Americans whose ancestors came from the Canary Islands,Spain. They can trace their ancestry to settlers and immigrants who have emigrated since the 16th century to the present-day United States. Most of them are descendants of settlers who emigrated to Spanish colonies in the South of the modern US during the 18th century. The Canarians were among the first settlers of the modern United States;the first Canarians migrated to modern Florida in 1569,and were followed by others coming to La Florida,Texas and Louisiana.
Curbelo is a Spanish surname. Found in the Canary Islands in the 18th century,it spread from Lanzarote to the New World. It is most common in Uruguay and Cuba.
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- 1 2 3 4 Juan Curbelo profile, Bexargenealogy.com; accessed April 18, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Balbuena Castellano, José Manuel (2007). "Organización de los Isleños". La odisea de los canarios en Texas y Luisiana [The odyssey of the Canarians in Texas and Louisiana] (in Spanish). Anroart Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-96577-93-0.
- ↑ "John William Smith--Soldier, Messenger, Patriot". www.tamu.edu.
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