The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Spain
Europe
View Larger MapDescription of institution: A sovereign state and a member state of the European Union. It is located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Location contains: Alicant (Settlement)
Almáchar (Settlement)
Andalusia (Region)
Aragon (Region)
Barcelona (Settlement)
Basque (Region)
Cadiz (Settlement)
Cales [ambiguous] (Settlement)
Canary Islands (Region)
Cartagena (Settlement)
Carthagena [Spain] (Settlement)
Castile and León (Region)
Catache [unidentified] (Settlement)
Catalonia (Region)
Galicia (Region)
Granada (Settlement)
Grand Canary (Island)
Iberian Peninsula (Region)
La Palma (Island)
Loyola (Neighbourhood)
Lusitania (Region)
Madrid (Settlement)
Majorque (Island)
Montserrat (Mountain(s) or Hill(s) or Volcano)
Navarre (Region)
New Spain (Region)
San Sebastián (Settlement)
Saragossa (Settlement)
Spanish Coast (Region)
Tabarca (Island)
Tagus (Body of Water)
Teide (Mountain(s) or Hill(s) or Volcano)
Tenerife (Island)
The Californias (Region)
Valencia (Region)
Vigo (Settlement)
Xixona Castle (Site)
Zaragoza (Settlement)
People associated with this location: Charles II of Spain (6 Nov 1661 -1 Nov 1700) - Title (royalty or holy order)
Digby, Kenelm (11 Jul 1603-11 Jun 1665) - Visited
Hernandez, Francisco (1515 or 1517-1587) - Lived at or near
Monardes, Nicolás (1493-10 Oct 1588) - Lived at or near
Philip IV, of Spain (1605-1665) - Title (royalty or holy order)
Recalde, Juan Martínez de (c. 1540-1588) - Lived at or near
Print Sources linked to this location: Subject of discourse or work of art - London in 1710, from the Travels of Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach .
Visited - Observations, topographical, moral, & physiological; made in a journey through part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy and France: with a catalogue of plants not native of England, found spontaneously growing in those parts, and their virtues ... Whereunto is added A brief account of Francis Willughby Esq. his voyage through a great part of Spain. Few MS. notes [and additions by Sir George Wheeler] .