Model ship Construction Nina Ship Caravel First voyage Christopher Columbus 1492

Model ship Construction The Nina (Ship Caravel) Construction ship model and photo by Nasos Dokos Video Editor: Takis Kladis La Nina (Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint s name, Santa Clara. However, she was commonly referred to by her nickname, La Niña, which was probably a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer. She was a standard caraveltype vessel. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the caraveltype Pinta and the carracktype Santa María. The Niña was by far Columbus s favorite. She was originally lateen sail rigged caravela latina, but she was rerigged as caravela redonda at Azores with square sails for better ocean performance. There is no authentic documentation on the specifics of the Niña s design, although Michele de Cuneo, who accompani