Аннотация:Colonization of the Canary Islands, driven by the sugar industry, was completed by the first quarter of the 16th century.The documents concerning cession of land and water ownership rights (datas) to the settlers for cane plantations reveal that this distribution took place on the basis of the legal environment affecting the main irrigation holdings of peninsular Spain at that time.Sugar production, which was stimulated by external demand, grew rapidly and soon formed a single ----
