Discovery of the Bay of Cartagena in 1503
Rodrigo de Bastidas was the first Spanish to come close from the
coast of Cartagena de Indias. He was a lawyer in Seville and
accompanied Christophe Colomb on one of his trips to America. By
passing through the bay, he wrongly gave it the name of Golf of
Baru. But in 1503, the queen Isabel published a disposition to
change the name for the Bay of Cartagena with advices from the
renowned cosmographer Juan de la Cosa, which was advised from
the Queen and was with Rodrigo de Bastidas concerning this
discovery.
There’s a large similitude between the Bay of Cartagena and the
one of Levante in Spain. This is maybe the reason that inspired
the Queen and adviser of la Cosa for this name.
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