Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

El Puerto de Santa María

Today: Spain

Years
1492–1833
Role
Town of the Dukes of Medinaceli, base of the Galleys

A town of the Dukes of Medinaceli, whose lords hosted Columbus between 1483 and 1486, and where Juan de la Cosa dated in 1500 the first map to include America. It was a base of the Royal Galleys and, in the mid-17th century, seat of the Captaincy General of the Ocean Sea. It joined the Crown on 31 May 1729, and Philip V chose it that year as his summer residence.

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