Linked Figures of La Gomera

Beatriz de Bobadilla, the figures linked to Columbus and the bearers of the Silbo connect the island with a wide range of historical processes.

Biographies linked with La Gomera show how wider Canarian processes take shape through concrete people: leaders, artists, religious figures, politicians, scientists or bearers of tradition.

Among its main reference points are Silbo Gomero, Garajonay, Atlantic stopover, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. This section connects local memory with the project's general figures section.

Key points

Beatriz de Bobadilla

Lady of La Gomera and a close friend of Queen Isabella I; her presence in San Sebastián during Columbus's stopovers turned her into a legendary figure of Atlantic history.

Hernán Peraza the Younger

Lord of La Gomera, killed by the islanders in 1488 in response to his abuses; his death triggered the brutal reprisal of the Catholic Monarchs against the indigenous population.

Bearers of the Silbo Gomero

The traditional whistlers of La Gomera are the guardians of a unique intangible heritage; their work of passing it from one generation to the next was key to the UNESCO listing.

Figures of the emigration to the Americas

Gomeran writers, politicians and merchants who emigrated to Venezuela and Cuba linked the island with the Latin American independence movements and with Caribbean cultural life.