Evolution and Development of Geographical Knowledge in Puerto Rico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3827261 |
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| Authors | Josefa Salete Barbosa (0000-0003-1480-3552, University of Puerto Rico System, corresponding author), José Seguinot Barbosa |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 107 |
| Pages | 391 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers de géographie du Québec (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-9766 • E-ISSN: 1708-8968 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/022516ar |
| OpenAlex | W2097518404 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
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 prcise, the gnerai consensus is that thse 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 Hmisphre placed the island of Puerto Rico in its correct location (Allen, 1982)
Economic geography · Geography · Regional science · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
| Highly cited | No |
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