The Pinta

by Kay Novy

Title

The Pinta

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Kay Novy

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Photograph - Photography

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La Pinta (Spanish for The Painted One or The Spotted One) was the fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage in 1492. The New World was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta on October 12, 1492. The owner of the Pinta was Cristobal Quintero. The Quintero brothers were ship owners from Palos. The owner of the ship allowed Captain Martin Alonso Pinzon to take over the ship so he can keep an eye on the ship.
The Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. Thus, the Pinta, like the Ni was not the ship's actual name. The actual name of the Pinta is unknown. The origin of the ship is disputed but is believed to have been built in Spain in the year 1441. It was later rebuilt for use by Christopher Columbus.
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The Pinta was square rigged and smaller than the Santa Mar the ship weighed approximately 60 tons with an estimated deck length of 17 meters (56 ft) and a width of 5.36 meters (17.6 ft). The crew size was 26 men under Captain Mart Alonso Pinz
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Most of the commerce of the time was the coastal commerce of the Mediterranean, so it was better if ships did not draw much water. The fleet of Columbus, as it sailed, consisted of the Gallega (the Galician), which he changed the name to the Santa Mar and of the Pinta and the Ni Of these the first two were of a tonnage that should be rated as about one hundred and thirty tons. The Ni as much smaller, not more than fifty tons. One writer says that they were all without full decks, that is, that such decks as they had did not extend from stem to stern. Other authorities, however, speak as if the Ni as only an open vessel, and the two larger were decked. Columbus himself took command of the Santa Mar Martin Alonso Pinzon of the Pinta, and his brothers, Francis Martin and Vicente Yanez, of the Ni The whole company in all three ships numbered one hundred and twenty men.

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