emigrate , a fact due to aggravate a cycle of drought and pests , as well as the volcanic eruption in 1824 , the last recorded on the island. Things change around the year 1850 , when it begins the period of expansion of the cochineal , an insect parasite of the prickly pear or cactus from which is extracted the dyecarmine used by the emerging industry textile British at the time. The rise of cochineal served as a final push to the port of Arrecife , around town which established an emerging bourgeoisie insular, and a growing number of vessels in the fishery faneaban canary-African. In 1847 a Royal Order transferred the capital of the island from Teguise to Arrecife and in 1852 arrecifeño port is included in the tax-free ports and customs established by the Law on free ports of the Canary Islands , giving a boost to the island's economy .
Politics: Lordship ends and begins the "lawsuit"
The manorial system imposed in Lanzarote and other Canary Islands after his conquest would be abolished in 1811 , when it was extinguished manors throughout Spain . Also, administratively, are created at the moment the councils modern as we understand them today, the concept of disappearing parish had hitherto maintained. Moreover, the nineteenth and twentieth centuries much would be marked in Canary by rivalry between the oligarchies of the two most populated islands ( Tenerife and Gran Canaria ) vying for hegemony over the archipelago, then formed into one province with capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife . The call lawsuit insular politics splashing over Lanzarote. During the nineteenth century, there was a significant emigration by sea to America, especially Venezuela, travelers finding in some cases that the dead calms Atlantic area, with tragic events. Since1911 it is found growing interest in regional affairs conejeros all municipalities in the time Gran Canaria had bet and the provincial division. In principle island
