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Majo / Maho

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Meaning

Name used for the Indigenous populations of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, with variants and historiographical debate.

Reference source

El Museo Canario y Museo y Parque Arqueológico Cueva Pintada

https://www.elmuseocanario.com/

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The Lordly Conquest of the Canary Islands: Normans, Power, and Social ChangeThe Norman Conquest of 14021402 · Beginning of the European conquest with Jean de Béthencourt's expedition to Lanzarote.1404 · Béthencourt and Gadifer found Betancuria, the first capital of Fuerteventura.Jean de BéthencourtConquest and Indigenous resistanceThe Aboriginal world

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