To the Canary Islands over 30 million years. From the point of view of global history of Earth it is rather small age. The first mentions of Canary Islands meet in Platon's dialogues "Timaeus" and "Kritias". In them the author describes the continent which has left under water as a result of natural cataclysms. From Atlantis, namely it was meant by Platon, over a water surface there were only mountain tops. Admirers of a legend about Atlantis consider that island natives who lived here long before appearance of the first European seamen, were descendants of Atlases. Aboriginals of Tenerife called themselves "гуанчи" that it is possible to translate as "the son of the snow-covered mountain". This name became subsequently the general for all inhabitants of islands. B.C. historian Pliny Starshy wrote to 79 g about the expedition organized by the king of Moors by Zhuboy of II to the Canary Islands. From expedition Moors brought dogs whom bred at that time гуанчи. It is considered what exactly from the Latin word canis (dog) and there was a name of islands. At the beginning of the XIV century on islands genoeses, later – travelers from Portugal and from Majorca landed. In 1402 also began a gain of the Canary Islands, but only in 1445 they finally obeyed Spaniards. The XVI century – the first acquaintance guanchy with Christianity. On islands mass planting of new belief began. The XVI-XIV century – there is a land development of the Canary Islands by citizens of the Spanish crown: андалусами, Basques and Galicians. To the same period widely there is a process of assimilation guanchy and Spaniards. Tenerife was attacked repeatedly by British, but unsuccessfully. In 1797, the admiral Nelson tried to seize port. But also it suffered defeat. In this battle by a kernel to it tore off a hand. In 1852 Canary Islands received the status of free port, and in 1927 the archipelago was divided into two provinces.

Modern kanarets – the proud, friendly and hospitable people. The Spaniards who have moved from the continent to the last decades, they for fun call to a floor islanders. The new homeland on islands was found by many Germans, British, Irish, door-keepers, Belgians, Italians, French. Generally, representatives of all Europe.