Marineros cartayeros en el primer viaje colombino Historical milestone · Cartaya, Costa Occidental, Huelva Image of Cartaya, not of the place itself. Several residents of Cartaya enlisted in the expedition that set sail from Palos in 1492, and again on the second Columbus voyage aboard La Niña, according to locally documented tradition. 1492 Photo: Hermandad Sacramental (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Cartaya