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Rota
Cádiz (prov.)

Av. de San Juan de Portorico

V Centenario del segundo viaje de Colón

500th Anniversary of Columbus 2nd Voyage


1993

Rota /  V Centenario del segundo viaje de Colón   Rota /  V Centenario del segundo viaje de Colón

Description

In a small park in the center of the Avenida de San Juan de Puerto Rico near the harbour there is a huge anchor and a boulder with a memorial plaque. It refers particularly to Columbus' second voyage and one of the crew members of that voyage, Bartolomé Pérez, who was from Rota. See also the other monuments for Perez in Rota.

Inscription(s)

The plaque has the following inscription:
LA BASE NAVAL
A LA VILLA DE ROTA
EN RECUERDO DEL V CENTENARIO
DEL SEGUNDO VIAJE DE
COLON A AMERICA
EN EL QUE PARTICIPO
BARTOLOME PEREZ
HIJO DE ESTA VILLA
ROTA 25 SEPTIEMBRE 1993
Translation: The Navy base Of the village of Rota In remembrance of the Fifth Centenary Of the second voyage of Columbus to America In which Bartolomé Pérez A son of this village Participated Rota September 25, 1993.

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Locatie (N 36°37'3" - W 6°21'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esan036; Photograph: 12 March 2002
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