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The following article describes the history of the Azores, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Help. Category:History of the Azores. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Administrative districts of Portugal: Braga · Évora · Santarém. Autonomous regions: Azores · Madeira. Subcategories. This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total. Azores by decade (3 C) Azores by century (8 C) Azores by year (21 C) *
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20 maj 2020 · Azores -- History, Azores, Portugal, Açores -- History Publisher Menlo Park, Calif. Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 401.7M
25 maj 2021 · While Portugal had free reign in the Azores in the 15th century, the Crown did squabble with Spain over possession of the Canary Islands, but the 1479-80 Treaty of Alcáçovas-Toledo set out that the latter were Spain’s domain while Portugal took the Cape Verde, Azores, and Madeira groups.
Media in category "Historical images of the Azores". The following 27 files are in this category, out of 27 total. An RAF Morris LRC (light reconnaissance car) alongside a bullock cart on an airfield in the Azores, January 1944. TR1496.jpg 2,268 × 1,772; 1.32 MB. Cais de Vila do Porto, Séc.
The Azores is an autonomous region of Portugal, an archipelago consisting of nine volcanic islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean (850 miles west of Portugal). In 1427, the Portuguese explorer Goncalo Velho Cabral claimed the Azores for Portugal, and settlers arrived on the islands from 1433 to...
