Navis Santa Maria

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Titolo dell'opera:

Navis Santa Maria

Acquisizione:

Esposizione Colombiana 1892 - Provenienza

Ambito culturale:

ambito italiano

Autore:

E.D'Albertis/E. Costaguta

Object Type:

model

Epoca:

Inventario:

3311

Misure:

Unità di misura: m; Altezza: 1,475; Larghezza: 1,629; Lunghezza: 0,81

Tecnica:

legno

Ultimi prestiti:

Esposizione colombiana - Genova - 1892<br>Esposizione universale - New York - 1939<br>Mostra colombiana - Genova - 1950

Descrizione:

The Santa Maria was the cargo ship (nao) in which Columbus crossed the Atlantic on his first voyage of discovery. Its owner was Juan de la Cosa, who drew one of the first maps of the ocean. The ship sank on Christmas Day 1492 off the coast of Haiti, and the timber was used to build a fort - La Navidad - the first Spanish settlement in the New World. Built using the half-model technique: planed full hull. Made for the Colombian Exhibition of 1892.