Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: Geography, as a discipline, arrived in Puerto Rico with those explorers that accompanied Christopher Columbus in his second voyage, during which, on the 19th day of November, 1493, for the first time, Europeans visited the island, then called Boriken by the native population.Although Columbus' description of Puerto Rico is not very précise, the gênerai consensus is that thèse Europeans landed somewhere along the west coast of Puerto Rico.The Spaniards' visit, however, resulted in the inclusion of the island in Europeans maps.Juan de la Cosa's 1506 map of America and Diego de Ribero's 1529 map of the Western Hémisphère placed the island of Puerto Rico in its correct location (Allen, 1982).
Source: Cahiers de géographie du Québec
DOI: 10.7202/022516ar
Author: José Seguinot Barbosa
Institution: University of Puerto Rico System
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2097518404