Ichasagua, between history and legend, is the title of the last book by the writer, historian and magistrate judge dean of Arona Nelson Díaz Frías. The publication, which will be presented on the 17th, at 7:00 p.m., in the Adeje Convent, addresses the rebellion of the Guanche rebels and the role of their leader, Ichasagua.
In addition to delving into his figure, to which only Juan Bethencourt Alfonso had referred in the nineteenth century, the author brings to light little-known chapters that are scarcely treated from the bibliographic point of view, among them “how the Guanches of the South to the conquerors or, rather, why they did not confront, contrary to what they did in the North, “he explained yesterday to this newspaper.
Also included is the arrival of Jorge Grimón, “a mercenary hired so that in the summer of 1496, in the last phase of the Conquest, he would disembark in Los Cristianos and, using the first firearms used in the Canary Islands (espingardas), would destroy the Guanche resistance six years before the last warm outbreaks that appeared ”.
The writer and historian also refers in this work (his twentieth publication) to the Guanche survival, with accredited documents, and how the ancient aboriginal kingdoms of Adeje and Abona were incorporated into the new society in the 16th century.
“The Guanches who survived the Conquest are documented and they settled or came from Adeje and Abona,” said Díaz Frías. The book, published by Ediciones Le Canarien, will go on sale this Christmas and will be presented by Alfredo Mederos, professor of Prehistory at the Autonomous University of Madrid and Gabriel Escribano, graduated in Geography and History from the University of La Laguna.
