Town · The Canary Islanders · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Telde

The main settlement of the east of Gran Canaria, with stone houses, granaries and cave villages; in the fifteenth century the seat of the other guanarteme.

In 1200 under local chiefs (names not known).

Who holds it

Title
Chiefs of the east of Gran Canaria
Confidence
low

es.wikipedia (Aborigenes canarios).

Lord in 1200

The Canarii of Gran Canaria (no ruler named for 1200)

How things stand that morning

Native; no outside contact in 1200.

Charter

None known: Almohad towns were ruled by the caliph's governor, judge and officers, not by charter.

Communities

Canarii.

Walls and castle

Stone houses.

Trade and crafts

Farming, goats, pottery.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Archaeology and conquest-era accounts only.

On the map: A point; no land of its own is drawn.

Sources and studies

  1. Aborigenes canarios (es.wikipedia)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.