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Santa María (ship)
Carrack used by Christopher Columbus in 1492
1892 replica | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Castile | |
| Name | Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (originally La Gallega) |
| Namesake | Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Owner | Juan de la Cosa |
| Launched | 1460 |
| Stricken | 25 December 1492 |
| Fate | Ran aground |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Carrack |
| Displacement | est. 150 metric tons of displacement |
| Tons burthen | est. 108 tons BM |
| Length |
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| Beam | est. 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Draught | est. 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 4 × 90 mm bombards, 50 mm culebrinas |
| Notes | Captained by Christopher Columbus |
La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (Spanish:[laˈsãn̪.t̪amaˈɾi.að̞e̞laĩm.ma.kuˈla.ð̞akõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]lit. 'The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception'), or La Santa María (Spanish:[laˈsãn̪.t̪amaˈɾi.a]), originally La Gallega (Spanish:[laɡaˈʝe.ɣ̞a]), was the largest of the three small ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, with the backing of the Spanish monarchs. Her master
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On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew set sail from the port of Palos in southern Spain on three vessels: la Santa Clara (Niña), la Pinta and la Santa Gallega (Santa Maria). Two of the ships, the Niña and Pinta, were tiny by today’s standards—only 50 to 70 feet from bow to stern—but prized for their speed and maneuverability. The Santa Maria, Columbus’s flagship, was a larger, heavier cargo ship.
For 35 days, Columbus and his crew of 86 Spanish sailors sailed westward searching for a passage to China and India. With the men close to mutiny against their “foreign” captain, Columbus was about to turn back when the cry went out at 2 a.m. on October 12 that land had been sighted.
Columbus hadn’t found a western route to India, of course, but his success in crossing the Atlantic was due in large part to the ships he chose for the perilous voyage, particularly the diminutive Niña and Pinta, which were a speedy type of ship called a caravel.
When the royal decree went out in 1492 from Queen Isabella of Spain to fund Columbus’s first voyage, it read, “By these presents, we dispatch the noble man Christoforus Colón with three equipped caravels over the Ocean Seas toward the regions of India for certain reasons and purposes.”
The caravels of Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus
Italian tillerman and individual (1451–1506)
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