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Before Columbus sailed West, El Hierro was considered to be the furthest land to the West.
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Sailors went ashore and gave the islanders an image of the Virgin Mary that they had been carrying for delivery to the New World.
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El Hierro begins work on becoming the first energy-independent island in the world that is powered only by renewable energy sources.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization named El Hierro a Biosphere Reserve