Fortunatae Insulae (Canary Islands)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Ryan Horne
Creators: Ryan Horne
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 29, 2016 01:02 PM
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History
The "Blessed Islands", equivalent in most ancient literature to the modern Canary Islands (Islas Canarias).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/149334673
29.377905, -17.281894
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- Canariae Insulae (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Fortunatae Insulae (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Fortunatae Insulae (Canary Islands) connection Atlanticus Oceanus (unspecified date range)
- Canaria? (island) connection Fortunatae Insulae (Canary Islands) (unspecified date range)
- Ninguaria (island) connection Fortunatae Insulae (Canary Islands) (unspecified date range)
archipelago, island group
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1a A3 Fortunatae Inss.
Note that some ancient sources also use the name "Fortunatae Insulae" to refer to the Madeira islands.
Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Fortunatae Insulae (Canary Islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/149334673> [accessed: 01 February 2025]
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