Pinta

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For the Island, see Pinta Island.
Replica of the Pinta
Replica of the Pinta

The Pinta (the "Painted") was fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The new world was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta on October 12, 1492.

Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. It was square rigged and was smaller than the Santa María, weighing approximately 60 tons with a length of 20 meters and a width of 7 meters. The crew size was 26 men. Captain of the Pinta was Martín Alonso Pinzón.

The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the Niña and the Santa María. There are no known contemporary likenesses of Columbus' ships. Replicas of each of all three ships exist, the best-known of which is the "sailing museum" Niña, built in 1992, which has toured the world continuously since then.[1]


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  1. ^ The Niña - Columbus Foundation British Virgin Islands
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