Juan de la Cosa world map
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The Juan de la Cosa world map is an early 16th-century nautical chart, famous as the oldest known map to depict the Americas, created by the Spanish cartographer and explorer Juan de la Cosa.
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| Juan de la Cosa world map canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9708581 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Juan de la Cosa world map Context triple: [Juan de la Cosa, notableWork, Juan de la Cosa world map]
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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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B.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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Universalis Cosmographia
Universalis Cosmographia is a famous 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, notable as the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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E.
Piri Reis map
The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Juan de la Cosa world map Target entity description: The Juan de la Cosa world map is an early 16th-century nautical chart, famous as the oldest known map to depict the Americas, created by the Spanish cartographer and explorer Juan de la Cosa.
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A.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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B.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
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C.
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum
Theatrum Universalis Terrarum is a 17th-century world atlas by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius, renowned for its richly detailed maps and contribution to Golden Age cartography.
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D.
Universalis Cosmographia
Universalis Cosmographia is a famous 1507 world map by Martin Waldseemüller, notable as the first known map to use the name "America" for the New World.
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E.
Piri Reis map
The Piri Reis map is a famous early 16th-century world map, drawn by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, noted for its surprisingly accurate depiction of parts of the Americas and often cited in alternative history theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mappa mundi
ⓘ
nautical chart ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Age of Discovery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish exploration of the Americas ⓘ voyages of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| cartographer | Juan de la Cosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Museo Naval de Madrid collection ⓘ |
| color | polychrome ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Juan de la Cosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Museo Naval de Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1500 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean islands ⓘ Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ New World NERFINISHED ⓘ South American coastline north of the Amazon ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ coast of Central America ⓘ coast of North America ⓘ coast of South America ⓘ |
| discovered | in Paris ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Alexander von Humboldt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | early modern cartography ⓘ |
| hasDepiction |
Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
detailed Caribbean region
ⓘ
inset of the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| height | 96 cm ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| madeIn | Puerto de Santa María NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | parchment ⓘ |
| medium |
color pigments
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ink ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the oldest known map to depict the Americas
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early depiction of the New World based on Columbus voyages ⓘ |
| orientation | north at top ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| uses |
compass roses
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rhumb lines ⓘ scale bars ⓘ |
| width | 183 cm ⓘ |
| yearOfDiscovery | 1832 ⓘ |
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