Santa María (ship)
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La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción, or La Santa María, originally La Gallega, The Galician, was the largest of the three small ships sailed by Christopher Columbus in his first expedition acro
1892 replica
Christopher Columbus on Santa María in 1492, oil
Colombo monument
One of Santa María's alleged anchors on display at Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien
Carrack
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A carrack is a three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing ship that was developed in the 14th to 15th centuries in Europe, most notably in Portugal and Spain. Evolving from the single-masted cog, the c
Santa María (ship)
…dimensions, as the size and details of the original ship are unknown. Built in Pontevedra, Galicia, Santa María was a medium-sized commercial nau or carrack, with a single 62-foot (18.9-metre)-long deck and three small masts. According to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, she was "very little larger than…
The Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai and other ships, painting by Joachim Patinir. The voyage of Infanta Beatriz, second daughter of King Manuel of Portugal, to Villefranche for her marriage to Charles III, Duke of Savoy, in 1521.
c. 1558 painting of a large carrack attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Replica of a small 15th-century or 16th-century carrack at Vila do Conde, Portugal
Naval battle involving carracks and galleys