
We are supported entirely by the fees paid to tour the ships. Sanger Ships LLC receives no funds from government agencies or private foundations. Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbuss boats for his first voyage to the.

Pinta is available for private parties and charters.īoth The Niña and Pinta will be touring together as a new and enhanced ‘sailing museum’, for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the ‘caravel’, a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world. Where are the Nina Pinta and Santa Maria replicas. Francisco Martin Pinzon, of Palos, master. Take a moment to visit the Library of Congress online Exhibit of Columbus 1492 voyage Those who went and returned in the Pinta. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. Columbus Ship THE PINTA Source The Discovery Of America by John Fiske published in 1892. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel and offers larger deck space for walk-aboard tours and has a 40 ft air conditioned main cabin down below with seating. La Nia ( Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. Every year we celebrate on the 2nd Monday of October. We all remember the poem of Columbus finding the new world in 1492 on his ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain. We are a floating museum, and we visit ports all over the Western Hemisphere. In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That ship was last heard of in 1501, but the new Niña has a different mission. Columbus sailed the tiny ship over 25,000 miles. The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. The Niña - Most Historically Accurate Columbus Replica Ship Ever Built

The most historically accurate replica of a Columbus Ship ever built, and our newer Pinta.ĭeck length - 65', Beam - 18', Draft - 7' Product: The Ships of Christopher Columbus: Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta Category: Columbus Day Books for Teachers ISBN: 1557507554. Welcome to Sanger Ships LLC and our two Columbus replica ships - our original Niña,
