Map of the New Land of Santa Cruz, at the southern tip of California, discovered by Hernán Cortés in 1535.
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Map of the new lands discovered by Christopher Columbus on his four voyages to the American continent between 1492 and 1502.
Recreation of one of the caravels with which Columbus travelled to America
Sepulchre of the Catholic Monarchs in the Royal Chapel of Granada, by the sculptor Domenico Fancelli, where they are buried together with the remains of Juana and Felipe
Sepulchre in the Royal Chapel of Granada, by the sculptor Bartolomé Ordóñez, in which Philip I and, later, in the mid-16th century, Joanna I of Castile were buried, together with their parents (the Catholic Monarchs).
Fleece coin of 2 maravedíes of the Catholic Monarchs. Museum of Segovia.
The Catholic Monarchs receive the Christian captives after the capture of Malaga, coinciding with one of the final chapters of the peninsular conquest. Painting by Eduardo Cano de la Peña in 1867. Seville Museum of Fine Arts.
Portrait of Charles V by Titian in 1548. Museo Nacional del Prado.
Photograph at London Zoo from the Photographic Club members’ 1855 photograph album.
The image shows a view of the almadraba of Zahara de los Atunes (Cádiz) from land. In the past, tuna traps were an important part of the fishery and offered high economic returns to whoever was in charge of their exploitation. The catches could be kept salted and marketed far from their place of origin.
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