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Jun 16, 2021 · Illustration. by Juan de la Cosa. published on 16 June 2021. Download Full Size Image. A map of the world drawn by Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450-1510). Made in 1500 on leather-backed parchment. (National Naval Museum of Madrid) Remove Ads. Advertisement.
Aug 14, 2023 · The Juan de la Cosa Map is found in the library’s Special Collection department in the oversized book America in Maps Dating from 1500 to 1856. The Original map was purchased by the Spanish government in 1853 and is now part of the collection of the Naval Museum in Madrid. It is important to note, the legacy of Christopher Columbus and those ...
The map or chart by Juan de La Cosa is held in the Museo Naval, Madrid and it is some 93 x 183 cms. It is signed, “Juan de La Cosa la fizo en el Puerto de S: ma A en ano de 1500”. From this inscription many researchers have inferred that the “Puerto de S”, is “Puerto de Santa Maria”, which is near where the ships departed from and ...
Jun 20, 2016 · Esta valiosa carta náutica (que no «mapa»), atribuida al navegante cántabro Juan de la Cosa ( c. 1450-1509), fue redescubierta en una almoneda de París en 1832, donde fue adquirida por el barón Walkenaer, coleccionista, geógrafo y embajador holandés en Francia. En 1853, a la muerte del barón, el Estado español lo recupera en pública ...
Juan de la Cosa or sometimes Juan the Biscayan (c. 1450–1510) was a Spanish navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map that incorporated the territories of the Americas that were discovered in the 15th century. De la Cosa played an important role in the first and second voyage of Christopher Columbus to the West Indies, since he was the owner and captain ...
Carta universal de Juan de la Cosa (1500) de Juan de la Cosa Fuente original: Museo Naval Madrid. Esta carta náutica contiene la primera representación cartográfica conocida del continente americano. Constituye la máxima expresión del conocimiento que se tenía del mundo en el año 1500. Fue realizada por el marino Juan de la Cosa en 1500 ...
Juan de la Cosa. Navigator and cartographer, according to tradition b. in 1460 at Sta. Maria del Puerto (Santona), on the Bay of Biscay, Spain, and hence called JUAN BISCAYNO, d. on the coast of the Gulf of Uraba, 28 February, 1510. He passed his life from earliest childhood on the ocean.
