Primer mapa de América Curiosity · El Puerto de Santa María, Bahía de Cádiz, Cádiz Image of El Puerto de Santa María, not of the place itself. The pilot and cartographer Juan de la Cosa produced in El Puerto de Santa María, around the year 1500, the first known map depicting the American continent. hacia 1500 Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in El Puerto de Santa María