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Cristopher Columbus'Nao most famous exact ship model.
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When, at the beginning of the summer of 1492, Christopher Columbus had the task of choosing three ships from out of all the boats along the coast of Andalusia, he knew very well what kind of ships he was looking for.
From 1477 to 1483, he had gone on long travels around the Atlantic and in Porto Santo he compiled documents that had belonged to his father-in-law, Bartolomé de Perestrello, who had for many years been the Governor of the Madeira Islands; he had also gathered information on...
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When, at the beginning of the summer of 1492, Christopher Columbus had the task of choosing three ships from out of all the boats along the coast of Andalusia, he knew very well what kind of ships he was looking for.
From 1477 to 1483, he had gone on long travels around the Atlantic and in Porto Santo he compiled documents that had belonged to his father-in-law, Bartolomé de Perestrello, who had for many years been the Governor of the Madeira Islands; he had also gathered information on the Great Portuguese Discoveries along the coast of Africa.
Finally Christopher Columbus choose the Nao Santa Maria originally named "La Gallega"which was owned by Juan de la Cosa, who sailed with Columbus as his Captain.
On the 3rd of August 1942 she left the Spanish harbour Palos de la Frontera bound for the Canary Islands together with the caravels "Pinta" and " Niña". Cristopher Colombus wrote in his "Book on the First Voyage "We sailed South with a strong wind until sunset for 60 miles, which are 15 leagues; then Southeast and South, a quarter by Southeast, which was the way to the Canaries, then...on the 12 of October the sailor Rodrigo de Triana made out land.
He left to reach the Indies, he finally discovered the New World..." The legend was born.
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The Santa Maria de la Inmaculada Concepción was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage acroos the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. Columbus himself sailed on the Santa Maria....
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The Santa Maria de la Inmaculada Concepción was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage acroos the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. Columbus himself sailed on the Santa Maria.
The Santa Maria was a small carrack or “nao”, about 70 feet long, used as the flagship for the expedition. She carried 40 men. The Santa Maria was constructed from pine and oak which was from the Bialowieza forest. The other ships of Columbus expedition were the caravel-type ships Santa Clara, remembered as the Niña ( “The Girl” – a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño ) and Pinta ( “The Painted” ). All these ships were second-hand ( if not third or more ) and were never meant for exploration.
The Santa Maria was originally named “La Gallega” ( “The Galician” ), because she was built in Pontevedra, Galicia. It seems the ships was known to her sailors as Marigalante. Bartolome de las Casas never used La Gallega, Marigalante or Santa Maria in his writings, preferring to use La Capitana or La Nao.
The Santa Maria had a single deck and three masts. She was the slowest of Columbus’ vessels but performed well in the Atlantic crossing.
She ran aground off the present-day site of Môle saint-Nicolas, Haiti on December 25, 1492, and was lost. Realizing that the ship was beyond repair, Columbus ordered his men to strip the timbers from the ship. The timbers from the ship were later used to build Môle Saint-Nicolas, which was originally called La Navidad ( Christmas ) because the wreck occurred on Christmas Day.
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