... to finally make his dreams come true. Christopher Columbus was given three ships. The ships were the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. The Nina and the Pinta were about 70 feet long and weighed about 60 tons each. The Santa Maria was about the same length, but weighed about 90 tons. About 90 men went on the journey and all of ... the East Indies. On November 21, 1492, one of his crewmembers sailed off with the Pinta. Columbus went in search of the Pinta and new islands. During his search, the Santa Maria hit a reef and was grounded on Christmas Day. What they could salvage was taken to ...

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... departed on his first voyage from the port of Palos near Huelva in southern Spain, on August 3, 1492, in command of three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. The Nina, a lateen-rigged caravel, was captained by Martin Alonzo Pinzon. The Pinta, a square-rigged caravel was captained by Pinzon's brother, Vicente Yanez. The ... Santa Maria, a nao, was Columbus' flagship- (Irving 4). The nao was large and had a round hull compared to the lightly built caravels with narrow hulls. The Santa Maria was slow and unwieldy during the long ocean voyage. The three ships together carried 1...

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... the crews. Martin Alonso Pinzon captained the Pinta, a ship with square sails. His brother, Vincente captained the slightly smaller, Nina, a ship with triangle sails. Columbus captained the third vessel, the Santa Maria, and was slightly bigger than the other two ships. The fleet set out from Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492 and sailed to the Canary Island, a possession of Spain, off ... . On Octoer28, the fleet entered the Bay of Bariay off Cuba. Thinking they were near the Asia mainland, the captains explored harbor after harbor. The night of December 24, the Santa Maria crashed and spli...

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... men and the only one who was willing to provide him with this was Queen Isabella of Spain. She provided Columbus with three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. He set sail in 1492 and after about two months they had reached land. Columbus believed he had reached India. He had no idea he had encountered another part ... ...

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... desire to find gold and conquest, were the key motivating factors behind Columbus voyage. So on august 3, 1492, Columbus fleet of three ships the Nia ±a, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria set sail from Palos, a city on the Tinto River in southern Spain. Columbus and his crew spent almost a month in the Canary Islands, and then headed west, following the ... ...

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... America. In 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos in Spain with three ships. Two were Portuguese caravels, the Nina and the Pinta, small ships with triangular sails. The third, the Santa Maria, was a nao, a larger square-rigged ship. Ships were about 15 and 36 meters long and between them 90 men were carried.. He was also given titles and he was ... ...

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