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Oct 9, 2019 · The bulkier Santa Maria, which was a 110-ton cargo ship called a nau, ran aground on Christmas Day 1492 and had to be abandoned. Yet the main advantage of the Spanish caravel, namely its...
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On Christmas Day of 1492 Christopher Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, ran aground off the northern coast of Haiti. In his journal Columbus recorded the location of the ship's wreck, and...
With the boy at the helm, the currents carried the ship onto a sandbank, running her aground off the present-day site of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. It sank the next day. Realizing that the ship was beyond repair, Columbus ordered his men to strip
Oct 5, 2017 · The ships of Christopher Columbus's First Fleet—the flagship Santa Maria flanked by Niña and Pinta—are depicted in this undated woodcut. Only the fate of Santa Maria is known. Photograph...
On Christmas Day 1492, the Santa Maria ran aground on a reef off Hispaniola and was declared a total loss. The ship’s timbers were salvaged and used to build a small fort on shore. Fortunately for Columbus, he was able to return to Spain on the Niña.
Jun 13, 2018 · On the night of December 24-25, 1492, Christopher Columbus’ flagship, the Santa María, ran aground off the northern coast of the island of Hispaniola and had to be abandoned. With no room for the stranded sailors, Columbus was forced to found the La Navidad (“Christmas”), first European settlement in the New World.
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May 13, 2014 · The ship ran aground on a reef near Haiti on Christmas Day, 1492 Columbus told his crew to strip timbers from the ship to build an outpost or fort nearby, leaving sailors behind while he...
