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The caravel Santa Cruz was then built following the model of La Niña to replace the sunken ships. The Santa Cruz, also known as La India, was the first ship built in America by the Spanish. [9] On June 11, 1496, the vessel returned to Spain with Columbus on board, as flagship. [10] [11] Niña was then chartered for an unauthorized voyage to Rome.
Francisco Niño, the youngest brother, [citation needed] is believed to have been a sailor on Columbus's first voyage, [4] was pilot of La Niña on the second voyage, [4] and pilot of the caravel Santa Cruz on the expedition of Pedro Fernández Coronel. At the time of his death, he was mayor of Puerto de Caballos, now Puerto Cortés, Honduras.
Francisco, on the other hand, worked as a sailor on the same voyage, performing various duties to ensure the success of the expedition. Together, their contributions were instrumental in the successful discovery of America. Juan was the master of the caravel La Niña, which he also owned. The Niño family established a lineage of marine experts ...
A detailed analysis found La Niña began in December 2024 with a weak La Niña favored during the rest of this winter. ... The last La Nina ended in 2023 after an unusual three-year stretch.
The weak La Niña is forecast to stick around through April before yielding once again to so-called neutral — not La Niña or El Niño — conditions, according to the Climate Prediction Center.
The Wharf of the Caravels (Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) announced Thursday that water temperatures in critical parts of the Pacific Ocean had finally reached the threshold required for La Niña to emerge in December.
La Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. 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 ...