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History of the Azores

Map of the Azores Islands (1584) by Abraham Ortelius

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.


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Historia de las Azores Spanish Histoire des Açores French Sejarah Azores ID História dos Açores Portuguese История Азорских островов Russian 亚速尔群岛历史 Chinese

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