

It is unknown what really happened to La Pinta. His crew apparently adored him, and he was ready for any crazy idea he could imagine.

He has been remembered as an adventurous man who loved to spend his life on the sea. He was brave enough to take this ship back home, not caring about the dangers of winter on the Atlantic Ocean. Pinzón was a sea wolf from Moguer in Andalucia. ( Miguel Ángel "fotógrafo"/CC BY SA 2.5 ) Statue of Martín Alonso Pinzón, in Palos de la Frontera. The name of the ship means “The Pinta” – referring to a pint (a liquid measure). The crew of 26 men was under Captain Martín Alonso Pinzón’s authority. La Pinta was square rigged and 17 meters (56 ft.) long and 5.36 meters (17.6 ft.) wide. They were traveling through the unpleasant ocean to bring good news – that New Spain had been discovered. It was February 1493 when the crew of La Pinta saw the land of Spanish Galicia.

The ship was not chosen by coincidence, it is related to the true story of Columbus, whose real name may have been Pedro Madruga. It was a medium sized carrack with a deck that measured about 17.7 m (58 ft.) long. Santa Maria was built in Spanish Galicia, and it's first name was Gallega (Galician). End of the Enigmatic Christopher Columbus: A Man at Last Emerges to Eradicate the Myth.Two New Theories on the Hotly Debated Origins of Christopher Columbus.It was the place where he spent hours with his maps and diary and sought the right path for his ships. The main ship of the fleet was Santa Maria, called in Spanish ‘La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción.’ For many months it was Christopher Columbus’ home. The ships’ measurements are only known from research and documents that were prepared much later than 1492. All of the ships could travel with an average speed of a little less than 4 knots a day. The crews, especially the captains, were experienced on the sea.

This expedition changed the world forever. However, around 88 men (or a few more) accompanied the explorer on these three ships and sailed them from Palos de la Fontera on August 3, 1492. They were not the strongest, the most comfortable, or the most modern ships. Their names are still famous, but the ships themselves seem to have disappeared from the pages of history.Ĭolumbus took three ships on his long and dangerous travels. The story of Christopher Columbus would not have been complete without three ships: Santa Maria, La Pinta, and La Niña.
