Tenerife Sea in which Sheeran's vocals are multi-tracked. Randall Roberts of the "Los Angeles Times" likened the song to that of Eric Clapton's 1977 ballad "Wonderful Tonight" and Ginuwine's "In Those Jeans". The song's title is a reference to Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. According to Sheeran, the hue of his girlfriend's eyes are as blue as the seas in Tenerife, "seriously blue, like electric blue". The lyrics speaks of Sheeran's girlfriend who he sees "really pretty" in her dress. "Tenerife Sea" was released on 20 June 2014 as part of Sheeran's second studio album, "x", serving as its eighth
Lanzarote of Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, who used the alias "Lanzarote da Framqua". A fort was later built in the area of Montaña de Guanapay near today's Teguise. Castilian slaving expeditions in 1385 and 1393 seized hundreds of Guanches and sold them in Spain, initiating the slave trade in the islands. French explorer Jean de Béthencourt arrived in 1402, heading a private expedition under Castilian auspices. Bethencourt first visited the south of Lanzarote at Playas de Papagayo, and the French overran the island within a matter of months. The island lacked mountains and gorges to serve as hideouts for the remaining