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Juan de la Cosa

1460 - 1510

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Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450 – 28 February 1510) was a Basque navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map which incorporated the territories of the Americas discovered in the 15th century. De la Cosa was the owner and master of the Santa María, and thus played an important role in the first and second voyage of Christopher Columbus to the West Indies. In 1499, he served as the chief pilot in the expedition of Alonso de Ojeda to the coasts of South America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de la Cosa is the 118th most popular explorer (down from 103rd in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Spain (down from 369th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Spanish Explorer.

Juan de la Cosa was a Spanish navigator and cartographer who is most famous for the map he created of the New World.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de la Cosa ranks 118 out of 498. Before him are Fernão Mendes Pinto, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Carsten Niebuhr, Thomas Cavendish, Sacagawea, and Bernal Díaz del Castillo. After him are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Calamity Jane, Lope de Aguirre, Hugh Glass, Michael Rockefeller, and Chris McCandless.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Juan de la Cosa ranks 9. Before him are Lorenzo Costa, Johann Tetzel, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Tristão da Cunha, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, and Bartholomew Columbus. After him are Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, Judah Leon Abravanel, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Andrea Solari, and João da Nova. Among people deceased in 1510, Juan de la Cosa ranks 7. Before him are Sandro Botticelli, Giorgione, Catherine Cornaro, Bianca Maria Sforza, Muhammad Shaybani, and Francisco de Almeida. After him are Mihnea cel Rău, Giovanni Sforza, Frederick of Saxony, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Catherine of Genoa, and Mandukhai.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de la Cosa ranks 390 out of 3,355. Before him are Thérésa Tallien (1773), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Joanot Martorell (1415), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), and Hosius of Corduba (256). After him are Ordoño I of Asturias (821), José María Aznar (1953), José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), and Ricardo Bofill (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan de la Cosa ranks 22. Before him are Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Ferdinand Columbus (1488), Gonzalo Pizarro (1510), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), and Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492). After him are Lope de Aguirre (1518), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), Pánfilo de Narváez (1478), Juan de Grijalva (1480), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), and Andrés de Urdaneta (1498).

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