Guanches

Guanches were the natives of the Canary Islands. Firstly, The word "guanches" only applied to the inhabitants of Tenerife, but nowadays we use it for the seven islands.  It’s generally accepted that "guanches" came from the Sahara desert but there is no evidence of the use of ships.  The islands were organized in little kingdoms called "Menceyatos" in Tenerife and "Guanartematos" in Gran Canaria that were ruled by "menceyes" and “guanartemes". A Normand noble called Joan of Bethancourt started the conquest of the Canary Islands in 1402 and it wasn't finished until 1495. We divide the conquest in two parts: the "señorial" conquest that is also divided in the Normand Consquest first, and the Castellian conquest after, and finally, the "realengo" conquest. The aboriginal names of the islands were Chinet for Tenerife, Tamarán for Gran Canaria, Benaguare for La Palma, Erbani for Fuerteventura, Titerogakat for Lanzarote, Gomara for La Gomera and Hero/Ferro for El Hierro.

This is a map of the "Menceyatos" that there were in Tenerife