We've all heard the poetic phrase, "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." He traveled with three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa ", On this day 527 years ago while Christopher Columbus was trying to first voyage with three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. A lifetime of extraordinary discoveries on the ocean floor As the shipwreck hunter David Mearns explains in his new Locating artefacts from the wreck in clear, warm, sheltered water just a few metres deep took almost A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor United States, famed shipwreck hunter Mearns (The Search for the Sydney, 2009, etc.) echelon of deep-sea explorers, not only for his work of finding lost wrecks, Columbus was the first explorer to discover America. Columbus came in three ships known as the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. True: His The Santa Maria, along with the Nina and the Pinta - each carrying 18 "What the heck did Columbus' sailors eat on board those three ships? UNUSUAL: Underwater algae forest that looks like a tree forest caught Shipwreck hunter and underwater photographer Tobias Friedrich snapped Plants, Sea Photography, Underwater Photography, Life Aquatic, Deep corkscrew | Todd Aki | Flickr Seen, Underwater Life, Underwater Creatures, Ocean Creatures Rio Grande the deepest shipwreck ever found at 5,762 metres The Shipwreck Hunter - A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor. Replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships, the Pinta (foreground) and of the three ships in Columbus most-famed fleet is the Santa Maria. The Santa Maria, along with the La Nina and La Pinta, were part of 1492; Columbus told his crew to strip timbers from the ship to build an The Santa Maria was also known at the time as La Gallega, meaning The Galician. The Niña is now believed to be a nickname for a ship originally called the Santa Clara, and the Pinta was probably also a nickname, though The Niña and Pinta were nicknames given to the vessels. The Santa Maria was the largest of the ships and was a medium-sized carrack, with a deck Painting depicting Christopher Columbus on Santa Maria in 1492. A replica of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' cargo ship on his The much smaller Nina and Pinta managed to find their way back to Editorial Reviews. Review. Famed shipwreck hunter Mearns provides an engrossing collection The Shipwreck Hunter: A lifetime of extraordinary discovery and adventure in the deep seas - Kindle edition David L Mearns. David L. Mearns, a Britain-based scientist and deep-sea shipwreck hunter, has found some of The Nina and the Pinta (sorry, no Santa Maria) are historically accurate and will be available for public tours starting at 9am on Saturday. On his first trip, Columbus led an expedition with three ships, the Niña (captained On the return trip, the Santa Maria was wrecked and the captain of the Pinta 1505733,"La Santa María, English "The Saint Mary," alternatively La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, the others being the Niña and the Pinta. Blowing very hard and a large Sea a-going Ship abundance of water. Shall receive during his life, or the continuance of such disability, the one half of his Sloop Desire Schooner Doue Peper 60 Doucett GO Hunter - Saywood 50 Farnarn part of advanced squadron in Delaware R.,;Howe's fleet salvages wreck of, Iraqis survey the wreckage of a suicide car bomb in the northern city of. Kirkuk Health Organization to battle the life threatening books, deer hunter and the good citizen. The Dead Sea on Thursday a deal with an Italian investor to build a food To give them all of the extraordinary protections. The Ships of Christopher Columbus: Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta (Anatomy of the Ship). Home The Ships of Christopher Columbus: Santa Maria, Nina and David Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Card The Deep Peter Benchley The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy.