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    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...
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    The map of Juan de la Cosa is a world map that includes the earliest known representation of the New World and the first depiction of the equator and...
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    with the backing of the Spanish monarchs. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. Santa María was built in Pontevedra, Galicia. Santa María was a medium-sized...
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    been enough to make the name Guanahani widely known at an early date. Juan de la Cosa was the owner and master of the Santa María and as such sailed with...
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    Tobago, Curaçao, Aruba and Colombia, at times with Amerigo Vespucci and Juan de la Cosa. He is famous for having named Venezuela, which he explored during...
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    same route to the north and the Caribbean as had Pinzón. The map by Juan de la Cosa, a chart made in 1500 at the request of the first kings of Spain – known...
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  • 1907, it was transferred to the Germanic Museum in Nuremberg. The Juan de la Cosa, a Spanish cartographer, explorer and conquistador, born in Santoña...
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    as La Guajira was the Spanish explorer Juan de la Cosa in 1499. During the colonial era, the territory of La Guajira was disputed by the governors of...
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    Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and its northern regions were explored by Rodrigo de Bastidas, Alonso de Ojeda, Juan de la Cosa, Pedro de Heredia and others...
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    Juan Ponce de León (/ˌpɒns də ˈliːən/, also UK: /ˌpɒnseɪ də leɪˈɒn/, US: /ˌpɒns də liˈoʊn, ˌpɒns(ə) deɪ -/, Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈponθe ðe leˈon]; 1474 – July...
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  • Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Cuba. The Spanish cartographer and explorer Juan de la Cosa sailed with Columbus. He created the first known cartographic representations...
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    Francisco de Aguirre heads into the area from the west over the Andes and Pedro González de Mendoza comes in from the Rio de la Plata region. Juan de Ayolas...
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    the range for other expeditions led by Alonso de Hojeda, Juan de la Cosa, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Diego de Lepe [Wikidata] or Pedro Alonso Niño. To prevent...
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    Ant-ilhas were inhabited by peoples whom he called "Indians". In 1500, Juan de la Cosa drew the first map of the New World, which depicted the two Leeward...
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    second voyage; Juan Ponce de León, the first governor of Puerto Rico and Florida; the father of Bartolomé de las Casas; Juan de la Cosa, a cartographer...
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    1502 Cantino Planisphere. Compared to the planisphere and the map of Juan de la Cosa (1500), the Atlantic Ocean is accurate, South America is highly detailed...
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    Juan de la Cosa died in 1510 along with 300 of Alonso de Ojeda's men, after an armed confrontation with indigenous people, and before Juan de la Cosa...
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    explorer Juan de la Cosa was among the first Europeans to see the cape in 1499, during his fourth travel as pilot for the expedition of Alonso de Ojeda,...
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    known European exploration was by Amerigo Vespucci, whose cartographer Juan de la Cosa first described the islands. By 1527 the Spanish had formed a government...
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  • (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps...
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    decided to embark on his first voyage to the Americas, along with Juan de la Cosa, on Rodrigo de Bastidas' expedition. Bastidas had a license to bring back treasure...
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    Piri Reis (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    anywhere (the oldest known surviving map of America is the map drawn by Juan de la Cosa in 1500). Piri Reis's map is centered on the Sahara at the latitude...
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    and remodeling. Juan de la Cosa was mortally wounded here in 1510, before Pedro de Heredia subjugated the area in 1533. Antonio López de Santa Anna spent...
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    qibla survives. Close to the castle there is a replica of the map of Juan de la Cosa, along with an explanatory plaque; and a little fountain. The castle...
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    damaged ships made it back to Santo Domingo; one of these had Juan de la Cosa and Rodrigo de Bastidas on board. Only the Aguya made it to Spain, causing...
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    the San Antón and the Santa Maria de Gracia. He was accompanied on this voyage by Juan de la Cosa and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. At the South American coast...
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    Murúa, Pedro Cieza de León, Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti, and Cristóbal de Molina. This legend was told by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, a mestizo chronicler...
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    an expedition licensed by Spain and led by Alonso de Ojeda as fleet commander and Juan de la Cosa as chief navigator. Their intention was to explore...
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    Maura, Juan Francisco."Cobardía, falsedad y opportunismo español: algunas consideraciones sobre la "verdadera" historia de la conquista de la Nueva España"...
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    Tabula Rogeriana (1154) Catalan Atlas (1375) Early Modern age Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Cosmographia (Sebastian Münster)...
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