Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
De la Cosa's map. Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the Americas set sail from El Puerto de Santa María. His pilot, Juan de la Cosa drew his world map (the first including the coast of New World) in El Puerto in 1500. Columbus visited El Puerto in 1480 and received encouragement for his travel plans.
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.
All the plain that extends to the south of the site was sea and the mouth of the river was located in areas near El Portal, almost in the foothills of the limits of the municipalities of Jerez de la Frontera and El Puerto de Santa Maria. The natural vegetation has adapted over the years to variable climatic conditions, soil, relief, and rainfall.
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]
The Real Plaza de Toros de El Puerto de Santa María is a bullring in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain. Dating from the 19th century, it has an eclectic architectural style and was completed in 1880. It is the work of Manuel Portillo de Avila y Herrera .
The shores of the Bay of Cádiz include the municipalities of Cádiz, San Fernando, Puerto Real, El Puerto de Santa María, and Rota. [1] The bay forms a natural harbour which according to available archaeological evidence has been inhabited since very ancient times. [3] The Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park is located on the shores of the Bay of ...
Castle of San Marcos (also Castillo de Alfonso X El Sabio) is a medieval castle located in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain. The castle was erected as a fortified church by King Alfonso X of Castile. It was built on the site of a mosque of which the wall of the qibla survives.
List of mayors of El Puerto de Santa María This page was last edited on 21 February 2022, at 04:19 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...