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.

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Juan de la Cosa canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographer
explorer
navigator
person
associatedWith Alonso de Ojeda
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
causeOfDeath killed in conflict with Indigenous people
centuryOfActivity 15th century
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
surface form: Age of Discovery
ethnicGroup Spanish
fieldOfWork cartography
navigation
genre nautical chart
knownFor creating the earliest known European world map to include the Americas
participation in early voyages of discovery to the New World
sailing with Christopher Columbus
languageSpoken Spanish
mapCurrentLocation Naval Museum of Madrid
surface form: Museo Naval de Madrid
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
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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Santa María master Juan de la Cosa
La Gallega ownedBy Juan de la Cosa