LC control no. | n 92025892 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Santa María (Ship) |
Variant(s) | Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (Ship) La Santa María (Ship) La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción (Ship) |
See also | Officer: Cosa, Juan de la, -1510 |
Ending date | 1492-12-25 |
Associated country | Spain |
Associated place | Pontevedra (Spain) |
Found in | Mondfeld, W. z. Die Schiffe des Christoforo Colombo, 1492, c1991: t.p. (Santa María) LC data base, 3-11-92 (hdg.: Santa María (Ship)) Wikipedia, April 10, 2019: Santa María (ship) (La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción, or La Santa María, originally La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa; built in Pontevedra, Galicia; was probably a medium-sized nau (carrack); launched: 1460; struck: 25 December 1492; fate: ran aground) Encyclopædia Britannica online, April 10, 2019 (Santa María, ship; original name Marigalante; Christopher Columbus' flagship on his first voyage to America. About 117 feet (36 metres) long, the Santa María had a deck, three masts, and forecastle and sterncastle and was armed with bombards that fired granite balls. She performed well in the voyage but ran aground off Haiti on Dec. 25, 1492, and was lost) |