![]() Niña, Pinta, and the Santa María were modest-sized merchant vessels comparable in size to a modern cruising yacht. All these ships were second-hand (if not third- or more) and were not intended for exploration. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the smaller caravel-type ships Santa Clara one particular ship sailed for 46 years and was remembered as La Niña (" The Girl"), and La Pinta (" The Painted"). Santa María had a single deck and three small masts. Santa María was probably a medium-sized nau ( carrack), about 58 ft (17.7 m) long on deck, and according to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, Santa Maria was " very little larger than 100 toneladas" (about 100 tons, or tuns) burthen, or burden, and was used as the flagship for the expedition. Santa María was built in Pontevedra, Galicia, in Spain's North-West region. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción ( Spanish for: The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception), or La Santa María, originally La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin MaryĬhristopher Columbus on Santa María in 1492, oil Colombo monument One of Santa María 's alleged anchors on display at Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien Ship model at Fort San Cristóbal, San Juan, Puerto Rico Overall: 30 1/2 in x 29 in x 16 1/2 in 77.47 cm x 73.66 cm x 41.Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (originally La Gallega) This model was built at the Museo Maritimo de Barcelona, Spain, under the supervision of museum director Jose Maria Martinez-Hidalgo y Teran, who published a book on the Santa Maria in 1964. New livestock, plants, diseases, and beliefs unsettled centuries-old communities and ecosystems, changing and destroying the lives of millions. What was a triumph for Spain became a catastrophe for native peoples. Waves of conquerors and colonists-both free and enslaved-followed. Columbus made three more voyages to the western hemisphere between 14. Although they were already inhabited, he claimed them for Spain. Instead of Asia, Columbus had landed in the Caribbean islands on his first voyage. ![]() ![]() Fortunately for Columbus, he was able to return to Spain on the Niña. The ship’s timbers were salvaged and used to build a small fort on shore. On Christmas Day 1492, the Santa Maria ran aground on a reef off Hispaniola and was declared a total loss. The fleet went on to explore the north coasts of the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola (now Haiti). Nine weeks after the little fleet left Spain, land was sighted in the Caribbean on 12 October 1492, but exactly which island Columbus’s crew first spotted remains disputed. ![]() The Santa Maria and Columbus’s other fleet members the Niña and the Pinta were older ships used for coastal trading rather than vessels designed for ocean crossings. Measuring around 70 feet in length, it carried a crew of 40 men. The three-masted vessel Santa Maria was the largest of Columbus’s expeditionary vessels and his flagship. Before his voyages, Chinese and Indian luxuries for European markets were transported over the long and hazardous overland route through Arabia. In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed a small fleet of three small ships west from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean, hoping to find a shorter route to the riches of Asia.
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