A stylized detail of the Diogo Ribeiro world map, 1529, showing Sandy Hook labeled Cabo de Arenas

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Diogo Ribeiro, world map, 1529 — detail

1529

The 1529 world map by Diogo Ribeiro, official cosmographer of the Casa de Contratación, incorporating Gomes's 1525 survey of the North American coast. Sandy Hook appears here labeled *Cabo de Arenas* — Cape of Sands. The document is the earliest known named-and-mapped mention of the peninsula.

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Title: Diogo Ribeiro, world map, 1529 — detail
Date: 1529
Source: Placeholder — stand-in for the Ribeiro map (Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar).
Contributor: Placeholder — stand-in for the Ribeiro map at Weimar
Rights: Placeholder — replace before publishing
Slug: first-sails-ribeiro-map

Verification: placeholder item — metadata and image will be replaced with archival material before publication.

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Diogo Ribeiro, world map, 1529 — detail (1529). Placeholder — stand-in for the Ribeiro map (Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar). The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/first-sails-ribeiro-map/.