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		lukan on Feb 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How did the settlers of the Canary Islands survive... But travel between the islands is still something one would think is worth it. And if it is just to prevent incest.

wolverine876 on Feb 17, 2024 [–]

Curiosity, or when food runs low, or for a million reasons. And boats are not only for travel between islands; there's also fishing, or to retrieve that thing that washed out to sea in the latest storm, etc etc.

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