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The Pinta
As A Teenage With Several Voyages In The Mediterranean And Aegean Seas
In Genoa, Italy
On October 31
Along With The Ships; Santa Maria, Pinta, and Niña
The Eastern Coast Of Central American In Search For Passage To The Indian Ocean
1476
1486
1505
1502
~ 1480
1492
1451
In Valladolid, Spain
By The Portuguese King And By The Spanish Monarchy Of Isabella Of Castille And Ferdinand Of Aragon
And Starts His Second Voyage To The Caribbean Ocean In 1493
References: Biography.com
Christopher Columbus’ First Voyage
* The first voyage started in August 3, 1492 and ended in March 1493.
* The three ships that traveled were the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria.
* On those three ships there were 88 crew men.
* Columbus had total control of the three ships, but the captain of the Pinta was Martin Alonso Pinzon and the captain of the Nina was Vicente Yanez Pinzon.
* He was able to take this journey to the new world because the King and Queen of Spain agreed to fund the trip.
* His first stop on the trip were the Canary Islands to stock up on supplies and make any repairs he needed to on the boats.
-He was stuck there for about two weeks because of wind.
* Columbus’ main method of navigation was by Dead Reckoning (plotting course and distance travelled to figure out the position of the boat).
* On October 7, 1492 there was record of birds flying.
* On October 12, 1492 at around 2 AM a sailor on the Pinta named Rodrigo de Triana spotted land.
* San Salvador was the name that Columbus called it; Guanahani by the natives.
* Columbus also traveled to Cuba.
-While in Cuba, the captain of the Pinta, took it without permission to an island called “Babeque” to look for gold.
* On Christmas of 1492, the Santa Maria ran aground and had to be left behind.
* In January of 1493, Columbus was headed to the coast of Hispaniola and saw the Pinta there.
* While on the trip back to Spain he ran into many different storms, and did not make it back until March 15, 1493.