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The main item of interest at the museum is the trio of replica ships: the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María. The replicas were fashioned in the fishing port of Isla Cristina in western Huelva province as part of the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of the Americas, and were the principle motive to create the Wharf of the Caravels.
Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum: Santa Maria: Santa Barbara: Central Coast: Local history [1] Santa Paula Art Museum: Santa Paula: Ventura: Central Coast: Art: website, collection focus is work by local artists Santa Susana Depot: Simi Valley: Ventura: Central Coast: Railroad: Former Southern Pacific Railroad depot Santa Ynez ...
From 1987 to 2001, the operators of the museum and the Discovery Cube Orange County (then the Discovery Science Center) merged, although they split and the Science Center was renamed in 2001. Also in 1987, the citrus grove and rose gardens were first planted. [4] The museum's blacksmith shop opened on February 16, 1994.
In 1999 and 2000, Clifford and his project team completed three expeditions to Île Sainte-Marie off the coast of Madagascar, as a Discovery Channel Expedition Adventure initiative and tentatively identified the pirate ship Adventure Galley (flagship of William Kidd) and another pirate ship which could be the Fiery Dragon (commanded by the pirate Christopher Condent, also known as William Condon).
Less than one year later, the Santa Maria Aeronautical Museum and Exhibits was chartered. [1] The museum initially opened in 1988 as a gift shop in the Santa Maria Airport terminal building. [ 2 ] Construction on a 6,000 sq ft (560 m 2 ) hangar began in June 1989, with plans at the time eventually calling for a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m 2 ...
By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. Thus, La Pinta, like La Niña, was not the ship's actual name; La Niña's actual name was the Santa Clara. The Santa María's original nickname was La Gallega. The actual original name of La Pinta is unknown. The origin of the ship is disputed but is believed to ...
[1] [2] Santa María was a medium-sized commercial nau or carrack, about 62 ft (18.9 m) long on deck, and according to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, Santa María was "very little larger than 100 toneladas" (about 100 tons, or tuns) burthen, or burden, [3] [4] [5] and was used as the flagship for the expedition.
Niña, like Pinta and Santa María, was a smaller trade ship built to sail the Mediterranean sea, not the open ocean. It was greatly surpassed in size by ships like Peter von Danzig of the Hanseatic League , built in 1462, 51 m (167 ft) in length, and the English carrack Grace Dieu , built during the period 1420–1439, weighing between 1,400 ...