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The Bajo de la Campana Phoenician shipwreck is a seventh-century-BC shipwreck of a Phoenician trade ship found at Bajo de la Campana, a submerged rock reef near Cartagena, Spain. This shipwreck was accidentally discovered in the 1950s. It is the earliest Phoenician shipwreck to date to undergo an archaeological excavation.
The Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar (Spanish: Línea de Contravalación de Gibraltar or Línea de Gibraltar ), known in English as the "Spanish Lines", were a set of fortifications built by the Spanish across the northern part of the isthmus linking Spain with Gibraltar. They later gave their name to the Spanish town of La Línea de la ...
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad, nicknamed La Real, sometimes confused with the merchant galleon Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin) was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line and was the largest warship in the world when launched. She originally had 112 guns; this was increased in 1795–96 to 130 guns by closing in ...
Sails. Nuestra Señora de la Concepción ( Spanish: "Our Lady of the (Immaculate) Conception") was a 120-ton Spanish galleon that sailed the Peru – Panama trading route during the 16th century. This ship has earned a place in maritime history not only by virtue of being Sir Francis Drake 's most famous prize, but also because of her colourful ...
UTC+2 ( CEST) Postal code. 11300. Dialing code. (+34) 956 ó 856. Website. www.lalinea.es. La Línea de la Concepción ( Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈlinea ðe la konθeβˈθjon] ), often referred to simply as La Línea, is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia . The city lies on the sandy isthmus which is part ...
Torre Nueva(New Tower) / 36.20825°N 5.32565°W / 36.20825; -5.32565. The Torre Nueva, also called Torrenueva and sometimes Torre Sabá, is a beacon located in the Andalusian town of La Línea de la Concepción and is one of the 44 towers of the same characteristics that dotted the Spanish coast from the river Guadiaro to the border ...
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Concepción. (carrack) The Concepción ( Spanish for "Conception") was an early 16th-century Spanish carrack during the Age of Discovery, chiefly remembered as part of the five-ship Molucca Fleet ( Armada de Molucca) that undertook the historic 1519–22 Magellan expedition . Departing Spain on September 20, 1519, [3] the expedition attempted ...