Show COLUMPUS COLUMBUS FLEET s romont cono oralu X tho shiva particulars of tho groot great voyagers Voya gors equipment E quip ment weaned gleaned from ancient documents found in akpan europe and america vie with each other 1 her at the present time in presenting f the interesting facts gleaned from in connection with christopher columbus and the discovery discover Y yf this thia country tile the commemoration of chich liichi is eoon to be celebrated tho the austrian tu tri Mul time deview has L recently bublis published lied a very interesting n illustrated article rt icle tho result of investigations that havo bave been made particularly in spain ta la order to ascertain beyond doubt the und and maritime value of the abree ships that brought the great explorer to the boun dailes of a new continent as we already know were iverc called car caravellas avelles but only tho the I 1 idest re ear cardies clies havo have grained gained for us the I 1 now ledr 0 that thia name did not apply 01 0 dinv inv particular class of vessel the sp inwards used the word cara juula ewla which they borrowed from tho the francom m tongue jonm ic and which liar has its loot in the gieck deck word barati Ka rati to designate that bore not the slig slightest it t resemblance to each other either cither in construction or capacity capaci tv the gathered all possible ic proofs that could bo be furnished cither by the admirals diary particularly the log book and the sketches elles which columbus columbua published through cluan de la cosa ills his pilot besides many ancient arici ent documents pertaining to this thia subject this thoroughness on the part of the investigators lias enabled them to furnish to the marine painter Alan manicon leon the means meane jor for expect in an aquarelle representing tho the fleet af columbus the three vessels were tho the santa maria ulala the nina and the tinta the dimensions of the santa maria were as follows length of heel fifty eight feet between perpendiculars seventy feet di displacement of tonnage from anc no bundled and twenty to io one hundred and thirty the crew numbered tio more than ninety men at any time and the blile was able to carry sufficient r water and provisions for thena them 1 the rhe admirals diary speaks of the size of his lifeboat but treats the armament only superficially it mentions for example that december 0 26 6 the admiral caused to be fired una lom barday barda y una IJ spin garda 11 the latter of these arms is very well known while the former is a cannon of small caliber ealier used in lombardy tile the tack elage of the santa maria was that of a small abree master with five single sails rails rile hie mainmast had a scuttle which the ketches show to hove have been round like ft fl basket tile general form of the hull was that which was wa s common to the round vessels of that age in the stern stem the ilie ship carried a large c abin abin house with a small one in the bow the rile of the santa maria was excellent the admirals diary speaks thus of it the vessel behaved splendidly in bd weather it traveled with the swiftness of a good flyer it was the same with the other chips and the log records often fifteen italian miles an hour which is equal to eleven nautical m miles i lles a speed that was very good for the vessels of that age 0 the dimensions of the other two ves eals are not recorded but the sketches and descans 0 describe them as of smaller size eize the nina resembled the santa maria the pinta carried triangular gails which were replaced with square ones af after ter the first stop at the canaries each vessel carried the castillian Castillia ii hag flag on ion its mainmast and tile flag of the admiral on its mizzenmast tile the aragon ian arms arm were excluded by order of the queen because Ar agonia refused to participate in defraying tile the expenses of the expedition the admirals hag flag was i standard with a green cross between two downed letters F and I 1 tile initials of ferdinand and isabella A cro cross cros s was albo pain tedon every sail of tho the ships a custom adopted by y the span ati 14 and portuguese tic to distinguish their fleets from those of the infidel in fides A canvas found in tile the museum of madrid representing tp the landing of the fleet at san salvor salvador ana aud S ex cs cutell by the brug i da cori cono c fully with the descriptions set forth by the australian maritime rc view |