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Detail of the map showing the names "Catigara" and "Mallaqua" where "was slain St. Thomas". The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography ") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name " America ".
It has an average altitude of 650 m. Its total area including Spanish island territories is 505,370 km 2 (195,124 sq mi) of which 499,542 km 2 (192,874 sq mi) is land and 5,240 km 2 (2,023 sq mi) is water. [ 2 ] It has the 30th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,039,233 km 2 (401,250 sq mi). Spain lies between latitudes 27° and 44° N, and ...
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]
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: / aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə n /), [a] also known as Iberia, [b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe.Separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain [c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the region, as well as the tiny adjuncts of Andorra, the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, and ...
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), [ 4 ] originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several domains established ...
Bacino del Mediterraneo, dall'Atlante manoscritto del 1582–1584 ca. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome (cart. naut. 2 – cart. naut 6/1-2). The history of the Mediterranean region and of the cultures and people of the Mediterranean Basin is important for understanding the origin and development of the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Carthaginian ...
The Kingdom of Navarre (/ nəˈvɑːr / nə-VAR), [ 7 ] originally the Kingdom of Pamplona occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, with its northernmost areas originally reaching the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay), between present-day Spain and France. [ 8 ][ 9 ] The medieval state took form around the city of Pamplona during the ...
Al-Andalus[ a ] (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name describes the different Muslim [ 1 ][ 2 ] states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most of the peninsula [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] as well as Septimania ...