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Lessons from the Canaries: the first contact between Europeans and Canarians c. 1312–1477

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Antonio Tejera Gaspar  and
Eduardo Aznar Vallejo
Antonio Tejera Gaspar
Affiliation:
Departamento de Prehistoria, Antropologia e Historia Antigua, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Eduardo Aznar Vallejo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Historia, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands
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The first contacts between the prehistoric cultures of the Canary Islands and western civilization occurred in the European expansion of the late Middle Ages. Their ultimate colonization was intimately related to this expansion, driven by new economic forms, including ‘commercial capitalism’ or ‘pre-capitalism’, which affected economic and intellectual structures throughout Europe, the economic characterized from then on by innovation, risk and increasing turnover; and the intellectual by the concept of ‘profit’ in place of ‘service’.

The practical transition can be seen in the technology that supported expansion: transport (new types of ships, cartography, systems of navigation, etc.); financial systems (nonmonetary payment, insurance, commercial credit, etc.); and mercantile institutions (commercial societies, consulates, postal services, etc.).

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 250 , March 1992 , pp. 120 - 129
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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