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The map encompasses the eastern coast of North America, the entire Central and South America and parts of the western coasts of Europe and Africa. Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio is the earliest scale wall map of the New World and the first to use the name "California". [1]
CITY GUIDES: Besides the Old Town charm and pebble beach, this awe-inspiring walled city heaves with places to eat, drink, shop, stay and explore, finds Lucy Thackray
Map of the extreme points of Spain. This is a list of the extreme points of Spain — the points that are farther north, ... Mobile view; Search.
[3] [4] with written descriptions and usually a map. A useful collection of articles pointing to some major issues in New World cartography has recently appeared. [5] When other European powers began exploring and settling the zones that Spain and Portugal had claimed as their own, maps began to delineate the boundaries between empires. [6]
Americae Sive Qvartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio, 1562. Diego Gutiérrez was a Spanish cosmographer and cartographer of the Casa de la Contratación. [1] He was given this post by royal appointment on 22 October 1554, after the death of his father Diego Gutiérrez [2] in January 1554, and worked on the Padrón Real, the Spanish master map used on all royal sailing ships in the ...
Pasjača is located approximately 30 kilometres far from Dubrovnik, [2] one of the most prominent and most visited tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Cavtat, the seat of Konavle, is about 12 km away.
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 175 World Heritage Sites in all of the 15 sovereign countries (also called "state parties") of Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Vatican City as well as one site in ...
Franjo Tuđman Bridge, at the western approach to Dubrovnik and next to the Port of Gruž A view of the bridge from the bridge deck View of the bridge from the sea level of the bay The Franjo Tuđman Bridge ( Croatian : Most dr. Franja Tuđmana ) is a cable-stayed bridge carrying the D8 state road at the western approach to Dubrovnik , Croatia ...