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Description. Juan de la Cosa's map is a manuscript nautical chart of the world drawn on two joined sheets of parchment sewn onto a canvas backing. It measures 96 cm high by 183 cm wide. A legend written in Spanish at the western edge of the map translates as "Juan de la Cosa made this (map) in the port of Santa Maria in the year 1500". [1]
Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450 – 28 February 1510) was a Castilian navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map which incorporated the territories of the Americas discovered in the 15th century. De la Cosa was the owner and master of the Santa María, and thus played an important role in the first and second ...
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Chart of Juan de la Cosa (1500) by Juan de la Cosa Original Source: Museo Naval Madrid. This nautical chart is t he first known cartographic representation of the American continent. It shows the extent of our knowledge of the world in 1500. It was produced by the navigator Juan de la Cosa in 1500 in Puerto de Santa Maria (Cadiz, Spain), as can ...
Juan de la Cosa (c. 1460 – February 28, 1510) was a Spanish cartographer, conquistador, and explorer.He made the earliest extant European world map to incorporate the territories of the Americas that were discovered in the fifteenth century, sailed the first 3 voyages with Christopher Columbus, and was the owner/captain of the Santa María.
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.
The oldest surviving map that unambiguously shows locations in the New World is a chart drawn by Juan de la Cosa (Spain) in 1500. Juan de la Cosa was a veteran navigator and the captain/owner of the Santa María, one of the three ships that sailed with Christopher Columbus in 1492. The map shows the islands of the Caribbean and the northern ...
Jun 29, 2010 · De la Cosa’s map incorporates older information as well as the recent voyages of Vasco de Gama to India in 1498. Drawn on ox-hide, it measures 72” x 37 1/2”. The map was unknown before 1832 ...
