he natives (the 'Guanches') resisted to the Spanish conquistadors during almost all the 15th century but were finally beaten in the last battle of 1483. The natives were luckily not extinguished but assimilated, and in 1602 Spanish culture was well established on the islands. Since Colombus had stopped there in 1492 before going on in his quest for Westindia (what ended up in the discovery of the Americas), the Canary islands had become a major stop for every Spanish excursion to the New World. With them they brought lots of other people, mainly traders, Portuguese, Italian, Flames, Dutch, Irish, Jews.