Few people are unaware of the names of the three ships Christopher Columbus used for his first voyage of exploration to the New World. The names Santa María, Pinta, and Niña are taught to schoolchildren almost everywhere in the world. Similarly, the vast majority of historiography on the "Discovery" states that the three ships were the carrack Santa María, owned by Juan de la Cosa of Santoña, and the caravels Pinta and Niña. But the truth is tha…
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Few people are unaware of the names of the three ships Christopher Columbus used for his first voyage of exploration to the New World. The names Santa María, Pinta, and Niña are taught to schoolchildren almost everywhere in the world. Similarly, the vast majority of historiography on the "Discovery" states that the three ships were the carrack Santa María, owned by Juan de la Cosa of Santoña, and the caravels Pinta and Niña. But the truth is tha…