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GRAND CANARY (Gran Canaria)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 347 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRAND See also:CANARY (Gran Canaria) , an See also:island in the See also:Atlantic Ocean, forming See also:part of the See also:Spanish See also:archipelago of the Canary Islands (q.v.). Pop. (1900) 127,471; See also:area 523 sq. m. Grand Canary, the most fertile island of the See also:group, is nearly circular in shape, with a See also:diameter of 24 M. and a circumference of 75 M. The interior is a See also:mass of See also:mountain with ravines radiating to the See also:shore. Its highest See also:peak, Los Pexos, is 6400 ft. Large tracts are covered with native See also:pine (P. canariensis). There are several See also:mineral springs on the island. See also:Las Palmas (pop. 44,517), the See also:capital, is described in a See also:separate See also:article. 'Telde (8978), the second See also:place in the island, stands on a See also:plain, surrounded by See also:palm trees. At Atalaya, a See also:short distance from Las Palmas, the making of earthenware vessels employs some hundreds of See also:people, who inhabit holes made in the tufa.

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