Tabarca Tabarca Tabarca (, ) also known in Valencian as "Nova Tabarca" and "Illa Plana", and in Spanish as "Nueva Tabarca" and "Isla Plana", is an islet located in the Mediterranean Sea, close to the town of Santa Pola, in the province of Alicante, Valencian community, Spain. Tabarca is the smallest permanently inhabited islet in Spain and it is currently known for its marine reserve. Despite being much more socially and economically related to the fishing port of Santa Pola, the tiny island of Tabarca is a part of the city of Alicante. Administratively, it is managed as a rural district
Conquest of the Canary Islands coalesced with these expeditions. La Gomera and El Hierro are depicted in the 1367 portolan of the brothers Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano. The Catalan Atlas of 1375 shows the Canaries almost completely and accurately mapped (only La Palma is missing). The eleven islands are named in the Catalan Atlas (from east to west) as "Graciosa" (La Graciosa),"laregranza" (Alegranza), "rocho" (Roque), "Insula de lanzaroto maloxelo" (Lanzarote), "insula de li vegi marin" (Lobos), "forteventura" (Fuerteventura), "Insula de Canaria" (Gran Canaria), "Insula del infernio" (Tenerife), "insula de gomera" (La Gomera), "insula de lo fero" (El Hierro). The name 'tenerefiz' is first given alongside