The replica caravels were built between 19, put through shakedown voyages and then, in 1992, sailed the route of Columbus's voyage. These were built in 1992 for the Celebration of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of the Americas. Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. The Wharf of the Caravels ( Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Official page on the site of the government of Huelva. "I hope a lot of people come and visit.Replicas of the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María at the Wharf. "The Memorial Bridge is done and it's an easy walk over the bridge here," he said. Darren LaPierre, who owns Badgers Island Marina East, where they are docked, said "it is an honor" to have them back again. The ships were last in Kittery three years ago. While the tours are self-guided, Sanger said crew are always aboard to answer any questions. The ships survive solely from the ticket sales generated at each port. The Columbus Foundation does not get any outside grant funding, Sanger said. It made two trips with Columbus and was on its way home from a third when it sunk, he said. "Columbus called it 'a dog,'" Sanger said.
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The Niña made three full voyages with Columbus - the Pinta, only one - and then is believed to have departed for Amazon River trade, he said.Īs for the Santa Maria, Sanger said it was a cargo ship, much "bigger and clumsier" than its two companions, and impractical to build today as a replica ship. There were 24 crew members on the Niña and 26 on the Pinta on that first voyage of Columbus - mostly between the ages of 16 and 21, Sanger said. They were called caravels, and were actually trading ships. Of course, it took a few more sailors in Columbus' time to sail the Niña and Pinta. On-the-job training is provided for any adventurous types who want to fill out an application. "If you like to travel, this is a great life."īy the way, there are always a few intrepid souls with wanderlust who visit the ships while in port, he said, and the crew typically comes from these folks. "We're traveling the country in the way nobody else can," he said. The Niña has been to more than 1,000 ports, Sanger said, and the two ships have been traveling together for the past six years.
This year, they meandered down the Arkansas River system to Bayou La Batre, Ala., where they spent six weeks maintaining the ships before heading out again in the spring. Each year, he said, they take different waterway systems from the Mississippi. Stephen Sanger, whose father, Morgan, captains the ships, said the crew of 14 travels the East Coast in the summer, then sails through the Erie Canal to Lake Michigan, and down the Illinois River to the Mississippi River as winter approaches.
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The Niña, considered by the foundation to be the most accurate replica of a Columbus ship ever built, appeared in the movie "1492: Conquest of Paradise." The replica Niña and Pinta are under sail thanks to the Columbus Foundation, a nonprofit organization that brings the ships and Columbus' tale to people throughout much of the United States. The ships, with their black hulls and black masts, furled sails and flags snapping in the breeze, looked completely anomalous next to their sleek 21st century counterparts traveling on the Piscataqua River. The Niña and Pinta, replicas of the ships Columbus sailed to the New World, drew dozens of curious onlookers on Memorial Bridge when they arrived Wednesday afternoon for a one-week stay. Two replica ships of 15th century Spain rounded Prescott Park and docked at Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine, on Wednesday - as if Christopher Columbus himself was coming for a visit.
Even for the historic Seacoast, they are quite a sight.
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