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Titolo dell'opera:
Caravel 'Niña'
Acquisizione:
Esposizione Colombiana 1892
Autore:
D'Albertis, Enrico Alberto - Costaguta, Ugo
Object Type:
model
Epoca:
1892 - 1892 - XIX
Inventario:
3312
Misure:
Unità di misura: m; Altezza: 1,35; Larghezza: 0,75; Lunghezza: 1,58
Ultimi prestiti:
Esposizione colombiana - Genova - 1892
Esposizione colombiana - Chicago - 1893
Esposizione universale - New York - 1939
Mostra colombiana - Genova - 1950
Descrizione:
The Niña was a caravel, one of three ships used on Christopher Columbus's first voyage of discovery.
Its captain was Vicente Yañez Pinzón.
Particularly light, manoeuvrable and fast, Columbus also wanted it on his second voyage to the New World. Model built using the half-model technique: full hull planed. Made for the Colombian Exhibition of 1892.
Particularly light, manoeuvrable and fast, Columbus also wanted it on his second voyage to the New World. Model built using the half-model technique: full hull planed. Made for the Colombian Exhibition of 1892.
