Christopher Columbus

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Christopher Columbus':

  • Cidade Velha Stopped off here
  • Cordoba Received by Ferdinand and Isabella in the Alcazar
  • Forts and Castles Gold Coast "In late 1481 or early 1482 Columbus sailed to the Portuguese fortress of Elmina, in what is now Ghana, on the western coast of Africa. Columbus was impressed with the riches Africa offered, especially gold. In addition, like all good navigators, he was eager to learn about winds and ocean currents from the local pilots and sailors. In the waters off the coast of Africa and the nearby Canary Islands Columbus first observed the ocean phenomenon known as the Canaries Current. Knowledge of this fast-moving current running west of the Canary Islands could well have been the reason that Columbus later chose to start his crossing of the Atlantic in the latitude of the Canaries, far south of Spain or Portugal.
  • Galapagos Islands Their official Ecuadorian name is "Archipiélago de Colón" or "Islas de Colón". However, Columbus never went there.
  • Ibiza His place of birth, according to a (disputed) theory; link
  • Old Havana Location of his remains from 1795 to 1898
  • Santa Maria de Guadelupe
  • Santo Domingo Ciudad Colonial - the first settlement made by Columbus and the Spanish explorers in the New World
  • Seville