nder
Pedro de Vera, became masters of Grand Canary in 1483. Palma was
conquered in 1491, and Teneriffe in 1495, by Alonzo de Lugo. The
archipelago was included for administrative purposes in the
captaincy-general of Andalusia until 1833, when it was made a separate
province. In 1902 a movement in favour of local autonomy was repressed
by Spanish troops.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.--For a general description of the islands, see _Les Iles
Canaries_, by J. Pitard and L. Proust (Paris, 1909); _Madeira and the
Canary Islands_, by A. Samler Brown, a guide for travellers and
invalids, with coloured maps and plates (London, 1901); _A Guide to
the Canary Islands_, by J.H.T. Ellerbeck (London, 1892); _The Canary
Islands as a Winter Resort_, by J. Whitford (London, 1890, with maps
and illustrations); _De la Tierra Canaria_, by L. and A. Millares
Cubas (Madrid, 1894); and _Physikalische Beschreibung der kanarischen
Inseln_, by L. von Buch (Berlin, 1825). Besides the interesting folio
atlas of von Buch (Paris, 1836), good modern maps have been published
by E. Stanford (London, 1891, 12-1/2 English m. to 1 in.), and M.
Perez y Rodriquez (Madrid, 1896-1898, 4 sheets). See also _Histoire
naturelle des iles Canaries_, by P. Barker-Webb and S. Berthelot
(Paris, 1835-1849); and "Les Iles Canaries et les parages de peche
canariens," by Dr. A. Taquin, in the _B.S.R. Beige G. 26_ (1902), and
27 (1903); and, for history and antiquities, the _Historia general de
las islas Canarias_, by A. Millares Cubas, in 10 vols. (Las Palmas,
1893-1895),and _Historia de la Inquisicion en las islas Canarias_, by
the same author (Las Palmas, 1874); _Antiquites canariennes_, by S.
Berthelot (Paris, 1879).

CANCALE, a fishing port of north-western France in the department of
Ille-et-Vilaine on the Bay of Cancale, 9 m. E.N.E. of St Malo by road.
Pop. (1906) town 3827, commune 7061. It exports oysters, which are found
in its bay in large numbers and of excellent quality, and equips a fleet
for the Newfoundland cod-fisheries. The harbour is protected by the
rocks known as the Rochers de Cancale. In 1758 an English army under the
duke of Marlborough landed here for the purpose of attacking St Malo and
pillaged the town. It was again bombarded by the English in 1779.

CANCEL (from the Lat. _cancelli_, a plural diminutive of _cancer_, a
grating or lattice, from which are also derived "chancel" and
"chancellor"), a word meanin