The
three
ships
were: la
Santa
Maria/Gallega,
la Pinta
and la
Santa
Clara
also
known as
la Nina
the
feminine
form of
its
owner
surname,
Nino.
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The
Santa
Maria/la
Gallega,
_Juan de
la
Costa's
Ship
A
replica
of the
Santa
Maria
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on the
picture
to
see a
larger
version
She
was a
three-masted
, square
rig
ship.
She
carried
a crew
of about
40 men.
Some
maritime
historians
doing
the
retrospective
analysis
of the
fact
have
concluded
that the
ship
displaced
around
200
tons,
with a
length
77.4
feet, a
beam of
26 feet,
and
draft of
6.9
feet.
The
Santa
Maria
was lost
on
Christmas
Eve,
1492,
when she
ran
aground
off the
north
coast of
Haiti(
near Cap
Haitien)
The
Crew of
The
Santa
Maria
Cristobal
Colon
(Christopher
Columbus),
captain-general
Juan de
la Cosa,
owner
and
master
Diego de
Arana,
master-at-arms
Pedro de
Gutierrez,
royal
steward
Rodrigo
de
Escobedo,
secretary
of the
fleet
Rodrigo
Sanchez,
comptroller
Diego de
Salcedo,
servant
of
Columbus
Luis de
Torres,
interpreter
Rodrigo
de Jerez
Alonso
Chocero
Alonso
Clavijo
Andres
de
Yruenes
Antonia
de
Cuellar,
carpenter
Bartolome
Biues
Bartolome
de
Torres
Bartolome
Garcia,
boatswain
Chachu,
boatswain
Cristobal
Caro,
goldsmith
Diego
Bermudez
Diego
Perez,
painter
Domingo
de
Lequeitio
Domingo
Vizcaino,
cooper
Gonzalo
Franco
Jacomel
Rico
Juan,
servant
Juan de
Jerez
Juan de
la Placa
Juan
Martines
de
Acoque
Juan de
Medina
Juan de
Moguer
Juan
Ruiz de
la Pena
Juan
Sanchez,
physician
Lope,
joiner
Maestre
Juan
Marin de
Urtubia
Pedro de
Terreros,
cabin
boy
Pero
Nino,
pilot
Pedro
Yzquierdo
Pedro de
Lepe
Rodrigo
Gallego,
servant
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The
Pinta
A
picture
of the
Pinta
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version
The
Pinta
was the
second
in size.
She was
a three-masted,
square
rigged
caravel
aproximately
70 feet
long,
with a
beam of
26 feet,
and a
draft
just
over 7
feet.
She
carried
26 men.
The
captain
was
Martin
Alonso
Pinzon
who
deserted
Colombus
and
discovered
the
island
of
Babeque
(Great
Inagua
)
The
Pinta
made
several
more
voyages
across
the
Atlantic
until
1500.
Vincente
Yanez
Pinzon
commanded
the
Pinta
when she
as the
flagship
for the
discovery
of the
Amzon
river.
In July
1500, la
Pinta
was
caught
in a
hurricane
and went
down in
the
vicinity
of the
Turks
and
Caicos
Islands.
Crew
of the
Pinta:
Martin
Alonso
Pinzon,
captain
Francisco
Martin
Pinzon,
master
Cristobal
Garcia
Xalmiento,
pilot
Cristobal
Quintero,
ship's
owner
Francisco
Garcia
Vallejo
Garcia
Hernandez,
steward
Gomez
Rascon
Juan
Bermudez
Juan
Quintero
Juan
Rodriquez
Bermejo
Pedro de
Arcos
Alonso
de Palos
Alvaro
Perez
Anton
Calabres
Bernal,
servant
Diego
Martin
Pinzon
Fernando
Mendes
Francisco
Mendes
Gil
Perez
Juan
Quadrado
Juan
Reynal
Juan
Verde de
Triana
Juan
Vecano
Maestre
Diego,
surgeon
Pedro
Tegero
Sancho
de Rama
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The
Nina
A
replica
of the
Nina
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The
Nina/Santa
Clara
carried
about 58
to 60
tons
cargo.
She was
67 feet
long.
The beam
was 23
feet and
the
draft
5.8
feet.
The
normal
crew
size was
23 men
but on
the
second
voyage,
she
carried
about 40
colonist
to
America.
Although
it was
the
smallest
of the
three
caravels,
la Nina
was a
four-masted
ship.
Originally
lateen-ridged,
she was
squared-ridge
by
Columbus
during a
stopover
in the
Canary
Islands
on the
first
voyage.
The Libro
de
Armadas in
the Archivo
Generale
de
Indias in
Seville
mentioned
that the
ship
carried
10
breech-loading
swivel
guns,
called
bombardas.
The Nina
made 4
more
voyages
to the
new
world
after
the
1492/93
trip.
The
original
Captain,
during
the
first
voyage,
was
Vincente
Yanez
Pinzon,
but
after
the lost
of the
Santa
Maria,
Columbus
became
the
captain.
She was
with
Colombus
on his
second
and
third
voyage,
and
carried
some
cargo to
Espagnola/Hispagnola
on two
other
occasion.
In 1499,
the
historical
caravel
was sold.
Crew
of the
Niña:
Vincente
Yanez
Pinzon,
captain
Juan
Nino,
owner
and
master
Francisco
Nino
Bartolome
Roldan,
apprentice
pilot
Alonso
de
Morales,
carpenter
Andres
de
Huelva
Bartolome
Garcia,
boatswain
Diego
Lorenzo
Fernando
de
Triana
Garcia
Alonso
Juan
Arias,
cabin
boy
Juan
Arraes
Juan
Romero
Maestre
Alonso,
phyiscian
Miguel
de Soria,
servant
Pedro de
Soria
Pero
Arraes
Pero
Sanches
Rodrigo
Monge
Sancho
Ruiz,
pilot
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