A battle at the end of May 1494, on the north slope of the island of Tenerife, between the Castilian troops of the belligerent Catholic Monarchs of Fernando II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile and a thousand Guanchess warriors was set to paralyze, in a most surprising way, the brutal conquest of the […]
Posts Tagged ‘gaunches’
1494 The Battle Of Acentejo: A Gaunches Victory At Tenerife Over The Castilians
October 21st, 2021 Awake Goy
Famous Gaunches Mummies Drenched In Dragons’ Blood Like A Stradivarius Violin
April 30th, 2021 Awake Goy
From 1494 to 1496, the island of Tenerife was beset by a military invasion. The conquerors and soldiers of the Castilian kingdom of Castile and Aragon deployed numerous troops to subdue the hardened inhabitants of the island: the formidable Guanches , who had been settled in all the Canaries Islands for thousands of years and […]