Tedote

Tedote was the name of a harbor on the eastern coast of La Palma in the Canary Islands. After Alonso Fernández de Lugo’s conquest of the island, the settlement of Santa Cruz de La Palma was founded here in 1493. Its port connected the island with Atlantic shipping, while the fertile lands of La Palma supported crops for export. The conquest brought the indigenous inhabitants under Castilian rule and opened the island to new settlers.