the canary islands a spanish archipelago of seven islands off the coast of northwest africa is a
place often overlooked due to its isolation and relatively small geographic territory
however the footprint on american culture spanning from south america to north america is
undeniably much larger than the geographic size the autonomous community covers
the original canary islanders fought in the american revolution they fought in the alamo
they settled the lands of louisiana florida and texas the caribbean central and south america
the canary islanders impact in the social makeup culture and language is so big yet
criminally overlooked in this video i take you to the historical part of las palmas de gran canaria
to investigate and meet locals who share the history and allow us to trace our roots
but before i begin i just want to remind you guys that i'm working with west cork beard company
you can see more of the link in the description of the products that i use
all right you guys well we've uh escaped from what antonio told me was one of the more sketchy
neighborhoods in las palmas i don't know maybe it was maybe it wasn't i didn't feel any danger there
i've been in more dangerous places but nonetheless i like exploring those places and so now
we're back in vegeta we're gonna go explore the historical zone a little more check out
the house of christopher columbus man the weather is perfect here it's about five in
the afternoon all right you guys so up there is where i was exploring earlier
up through those little alleyways that's where i'm at antonio and so there's another mountain over
there i'm sure it would be a fun place to explore if i had some time but i don't bar pedico jesus
que significo que significa perico
all right you guys let's have a little drink
come on
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in texas in 1731
all right so augustine was telling me here that this is the original house
of the canary islanders los islanos that went to texas they they lived in san antonio texas
gracias so this church right here was the prototype
for the many churches the catholic churches you see throughout the americas especially central
america the caribbean south america this is the prototype and we're in the plaza de
santo domingo and of course there's santo domingo dominican republic so it's interesting to see this
history right here before our eyes and where the history of america originates
and this this house is a family of castillos and the novelty they they were land owners
the crown of spain of the catholic kings will give will keep the land to look after the land
but belonging to the crown of castile uh-huh so they become what you're gonna struggle
okay enjoy what a nice guy augustine he works for the local university
he's given me a load of information about the history right here from the doctor that tried
to hear people with cholera to the original east selenius that went to san antonio texas
to the prototype church that was the church that they try to emulate that they try to construct
throughout the caribbean central and south america all right
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what nice people you guys wow bar perico
very nice people wow they told me so much great information you guys we're in a beautiful place
still in la vegeta and what are some of the things they told me they told me that this is
i think san jose right like san jose costa rica and this is san juan this this barrio right
san juan puerto rico and there they were just really nice people perfect example of how canary
islanders are islainos in the americas so let's go explore a little more that was a very fun time
and that beer you guys i got three beer for 350. i don't know if she miscalculated but i gave her
a five because that's just ridiculously cheap and it was a good beer a good beer called el tropical
a good canary island beer wow the things that happen when you meet locals you guys the locals
are the real treasure of the places you go to
this is where i'm staying tonight check it out we have a nice balcony nice historic place
wow just look at the table beautiful photo nice wood
oh check it out original canary island materials i like it um
where i'm staying wow
beautiful
right in the historic part of la palmas la vegeta the spanish missions right
all throughout california marking their cities there here we go
we have a reference to that perhaps plaza de san francisco plazas right spanish cities the squares
always having some sort of historical reference nobody's here today there's a casa de la musica
i just love these plazas in the spanish cities here present throughout the americas
the beautiful architecture and the palm trees we're in las palmas hola
and the canary island people very friendly all right let's go see what we can find would you
look at that look at this nice building here we got the gary's eating wearing the shorts
and a little uh statue here i'm not sure who it's commemorating ah carrasco 1876. there you
go right before the fall of the spanish empire puerto rico cuba philippines fell you guys let's
be honest the greedy imperial united states at the time found a way to finagle his way
into cuba declare war on spain and basically steel cuba puerto rico and the philippines
but uh you can imagine this place was bustling as a as a transcontinental port here
during the 17th 18th centuries especially starting in you know the caribbean la habana veracruz
la florida new orleans we're stopping here and then going to later on carissa and sevilla
which really kadi senzavia had the monopoly on the spanish
american trade there also don't forget laguarda in venezuela wow beautiful scenery here in the
old town casco antiguo la vegeta really really liking it here you guys
and it was so cold in madrid that it's so nice to be here wow
if i have anyone from the americas that follow me in particular south america central america
and you haven't been here yet let me know if this sort of reminds you of of your city perhaps maybe
you have a casco antigua like casco antigua santo domingo or dominican republic or casco antigo in
panama city very similar vibes whenever you visit these old towns these casco antiguas in spain
to the ones that you'll see in the americas here we are you guys in the casa de colon
or christopher columbus house right the museum that apparently has artifacts from his voyages
as he stopped here in route 2 which would become the spanish caribbean
well this night's not over quite yet we're here in the more modern parts of the city we've got a big
skatepark look at the canary island skateboarders living it up here i wanted to show you guys one
last thing before we end the video and that is like the touristic beach here that if you
do come to the beach you're gonna come to this side wow look at the canary island skateboarders
living life if you're a skateboarder spain is one of the best countries to be a skateboarder
party party well you guys i've came to the last stop of the night playa de las canteras
it's your typical tourist zone nice white sand beach nice little bay got some waves out there
a line of hotels restaurants everything you need and i didn't show it in the video that's because
i didn't have time but as always i want you guys to be convinced to come here explore for
yourselves get to know the city of la palmas a city a little bigger than 300 000 people big
enough to be a city but small enough to explore in a couple days and beautiful enough to live a
lifetime so until the next video you guys i'll see you from somewhere else on the island hasta luego
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