San Sebastián de La Gomera arriving on the 35-minute ferry ride from the nearby island of Tenerife, which is almost always visible from La Gomera. The main ferry companies are Fred. Olsen Express and Naviera Armas. In Puntallana is the chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of the island of La Gomera. San Sebastián de La Gomera San Sebastián de la Gomera is the capital of and municipality on La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,699 in 2013, and the area is . The port serves ferry routes to the islands of
Conquest of the Canary Islands coalesced with these expeditions. La Gomera and El Hierro are depicted in the 1367 portolan of the brothers Domenico and Francesco Pizzigano. The Catalan Atlas of 1375 shows the Canaries almost completely and accurately mapped (only La Palma is missing). The eleven islands are named in the Catalan Atlas (from east to west) as "Graciosa" (La Graciosa),"laregranza" (Alegranza), "rocho" (Roque), "Insula de lanzaroto maloxelo" (Lanzarote), "insula de li vegi marin" (Lobos), "forteventura" (Fuerteventura), "Insula de Canaria" (Gran Canaria), "Insula del infernio" (Tenerife), "insula de gomera" (La Gomera), "insula de lo fero" (El Hierro). The name 'tenerefiz' is first given alongside