Juan de la Cosa
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Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer best known for creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas and for sailing with Christopher Columbus on his voyages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juan de la Cosa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1960015 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Juan de la Cosa Context triple: [Santa María, master, Juan de la Cosa]
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A.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator whose voyages to the New World led to the continents of the Americas being named in his honor.
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B.
Andrés de Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
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C.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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D.
Bartholomew Columbus
Bartholomew Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonial administrator, brother of Christopher Columbus, who played a key role in the early Spanish colonization of the Caribbean.
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E.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Juan de la Cosa Target entity description: Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer best known for creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas and for sailing with Christopher Columbus on his voyages.
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A.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator whose voyages to the New World led to the continents of the Americas being named in his honor.
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B.
Andrés de Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
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C.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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D.
Bartholomew Columbus
Bartholomew Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonial administrator, brother of Christopher Columbus, who played a key role in the early Spanish colonization of the Caribbean.
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E.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographer
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explorer ⓘ navigator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alonso de Ojeda
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Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in conflict with Indigenous people ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1460 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1510 ⓘ |
| employer |
Catholic Monarchs
ⓘ
Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown
|
| era |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
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| ethnicGroup | Spanish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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navigation ⓘ |
| genre | nautical chart ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas
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participation in early voyages of discovery to the New World ⓘ sailing with Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| mapCurrentLocation |
Naval Museum of Madrid
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surface form:
Museo Naval de Madrid
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| mapDate | 1500 ⓘ |
| mapDepicts |
Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa
ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ islands discovered by Columbus ⓘ northern coast of South America ⓘ parts of Central America ⓘ |
| mapMedium | vellum ⓘ |
| mapTechnique | portolan chart ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork | Juan de la Cosa world map ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| participantIn |
early Spanish expeditions to the Caribbean
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second voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ third voyage of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Santoña ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Turbaco ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleOnVoyage | master and owner of the Santa María on Columbus's first voyage ⓘ |
| shipOwnedOrCommanded | Santa María ⓘ |
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Subject: Juan de la Cosa Description of subject: Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer best known for creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas and for sailing with Christopher Columbus on his voyages.
Referenced by (2)
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