Map of America by Diego Ribero’s, 1529 lake art an 11-foot tall crucifix with

an 11-foot tall crucifix with an 850 pound Italian White Marble statue of a 5 foot

tidal salt marshes and hammock preserves

attract thousands each year

marine grass beds and shellfish waters

which highlights the course of the Mississippi River above Lake Pepen

Map of America by Diego Ribero’s, 1529 lake art an 11-foot tall crucifix withMany scholars held Map of America by Diego Riberos, 1529 as the finest cartographic work of its time. Ribero was a cartographer who is believed to have made several voyages to India as a ship pilot. He worked most of his life in Seville, Spain, where he started working in service of King Charles V in 1518, on the official maps of the Padrn Real or Padrn General until 1532. He was a recognized Spanish mapmaker and cosmographer of the early 16th