Domingo Vandewalle
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Domingo Vandewalle was a Spanish
explorer and military commander of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
. He is notable for being the first to discover the Guanches
engravings of the Belmaco cave in the municipality of Villa de Mazo in 1752.
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
explorer and military commander of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
. He is notable for being the first to discover the Guanches
Guanches
Guanches is the name given to the aboriginal Berber inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It is believed that they migrated to the archipelago sometime between 1000 BCE and 100 BCE or perhaps earlier...
engravings of the Belmaco cave in the municipality of Villa de Mazo in 1752.