PINTA
- SPANISH - 1492
La Pinta ("the painted one", "the spotted one")
was the fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus
in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The
New World was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta
on October 12, 1492. Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. By tradition
Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames.
Pinta was square rigged and was smaller than the Santa María,
weighing approximately 60 tons with a length of 20 meters
and a width of 7 meters. The crew size was 26 men. Captain
of the Pinta was Martín Alonso Pinzón.The other
ships of the Columbus expedition were the Niña and
the Santa María.
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