![]() ![]() And that, Lyon says, is the last glimpse of the beloved “little girl. “Unfortunately,” he writes, “it will not solve the mystery of Nina’s final end.” The documents record the Nina’s apparent sale to a Diego Ortiz in October, 1499. Lyon is in the process of translating all 400 pages of the “Libro de Armadas,” under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the University of Florida. The countermizzen, which indicates two masts after of the main mast, was Lyon’s clue to the existence of the Nina’s four masts. According to the documents, its sails included a worn mainsail, an old foresail, an old mizzen sail and a half-worn countermizzen sail. The Nina carried three anchors, a small boat with six oars and 11 water casks. The Nina was armed with 10 bombardas with their breechblocks, turning yokes, bolts, and wedges, as well as 80 lead balls, 54 short and 20 long lances and 100 pounds of gunpowder. Two of the four women aboard were Gypsies named Catalina and Maria, convicted murderers freed by the crown on condition that they emigrate. The Nina and the Santa Cruz carried more than 90 of them, including farmers and stockmen, crossbowmen, a priest, locksmith, miner and surgeon. Its total carrying capacity was 58 to 60 tons.įor this third voyage, Columbus had received permission to take as many as 330 persons to the Indies on royal salary. The ship appears, therefore, to have been 67 feet long, with a beam of 21 feet and a draft of just under 7 feet. Lyon calculated the Nina’s 1498 Indies lading at just over 52 tons. Also aboard for the colonists were olive oil, sardines, raisins and garlic.įrom a ship’s loaded cargo, it is possible to estimate the dimensions of its hold, and thus its hull. Caulkers worked 40 days on its deck and hull.įinally, the documents say, it was refitted and fully laden: 18 tons of wheat, 17 tons of wine in great pipe barrels, about 7 tons of sea biscuit, almost 2 tons of flour, more than 2,000 pounds of cheese and a ton of salt pork. The Nina received new sails, a new 200-pound anchor, and cartloads of planking. To pay his seamen, the documents disclose, Columbus used funds he was to have taken to Hispaniola, hoping to balance the books with gold to be found there. An angry Columbus recovered it.įinally preparing for his third voyage to the New World, Columbus decided to send the Nina and its companion ship Santa Cruz ahead to Hispaniola in early February, 1498, with much-needed supplies. The crew, through bribery, escaped and returned the ship safely to Spain. Today Freemasonry is powerful in the United States today.Next, apparently without Columbus’ approval, the Nina was sent to Rome on a commercial voyage in 1497 and was hijacked off the coast of Sardinia by a French pirate. ![]() Look into history further and you will learn that ChristoperĬolumbus was also a Freemason/Knights Templar. His flagship, the Santa Maria had 52 men aboard while his other two ships, the Nina and Pinta were each crewed by 18 men. The Pinta and the Nina will be docked in Hudson through August 15. Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera on 3 August, 1492. Spencer Weaver, a volunteer crew member from LaCrosse, WI, tightens the bow line on the Pinta at the Hudson Docks, August 5, 2010. Sinclair hadĪ shipping company that shipped good to Nova Scotia. RM 2CWBN8X Illustration depicting the three ships of Christopher Columbus, used during his first voyage, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. One of the people that escaped was named Sinclair. ![]() Located inside the Chapel are carvings of corn and tobacco leaves īoth of which are not indigenous to the region of Europe.only They built the Roslyn Chapel before the discovery of America. Inquisition, 3 high ranking officials of the Knights TemplarĮscaped to Scotland and formed the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Study the Knights Templar and you will learn that ofter the The exact same cross used by the Knights Templar. Looking back at history, you will find that the cross on sail is Organization for which the ship is sailing. To answer this question one must understand the purpose of aįlag in international waters.
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