The Travelogue

I think that Hameed includes so much history about the Canary Islands in order to give his readers a better feeling of the general atmosphere of the island and the type of people who live there. For example, the fact that the Spanish conquest of the island took 94 years says a lot about the character of its citizens. Hameed also gives many details about the landscape and scenery on the island. I think that the observations that Hameed used as a basis for this article were the ones about the island and its culture rather than his observations of the stars.