Many believe that the first of the Azores group of islands were discovered in 1427. Azores Islands lie around 900 miles from Portugal’s coast, in the heart of the heart of the mighty Atlantic. Spread extensively over 600 kilometers, these islands have even been referred to by Plato in his writing as the ‘Empire of Atlantis’ suggesting that they are very old. Beautiful and mighty the Azores means ‘goshawks’ in Portuguese. This name applied to only the Santa Maria Island initially; however, today this name refers to nine islands grouped together in three individual groups.
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