FUERTEVENTURA  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago of the See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

Canary Islands (q.v.) . Pop . (1900) 11,669; See also:

• AREA

area 665 sq. m . Fuerteventura lies between See also:

• LANZAROTE

Lanzarote and See also:

• GRAND

Grand Canary . It has a length of 52 m., and an See also:

• AVERAGE

average width of 12 M . Though less mountainous than the other islands, its aspect is barren . There are only two springs of fresh See also:

• WATER

water, and these are confined to one valley . See also:

• LAVA

Lava streams and other signs of volcanic See also:

• ACTION

action abound, but there has been no igneous activity since the Spaniards took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession . At each extremity of the island are high mountains, which send off branches along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast so as to enclose a large arid See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . The highest See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak reaches 2500 ft . In See also:

• EXTERNAL

external See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and productions, Fuerteventura greatly resembles Lanzarote . An See also:

• INTERVAL

interval of three years without See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain has been known .

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• OLIVA, FERNAN PEREZ DE (1492?-1530)

Oliva (pop . 1900, 2464) is the largest See also:

• TOWN

town . A smaller See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the centre of the island named Betancuria (586) is the administrative See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . Cabras (r000) on the eastern coast is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• PORT

port . Dromedaries are bred here .