The Nina, Puerto Santa Maria, Spain
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manchanegra
N 36° 35.640 W 006° 13.340
29S E 748482 N 4053427
La Niña was one of the three boats used by Christopher Columbus in is first voyage towards the Indies in 1492.
Waymark Code: WMBXGT
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 07/01/2011
Views: 11
La Niña (Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage towards the Indies in 1492. The real name of the Niña was Santa Clara. The name Niña was probably a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer.
She was a caravel-type vessel.
This boat is a replica of the one that sailled with Columbus and it´s placed in a roundabout in Puerto Santa Maria, not far from where Columbus must have sailled.
Is there a tour: No
If boat is a garden what was planted in it: Not listed
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