Pinta
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The Pinta (the "Painted") was fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The new world was first sighted on the Pinta on 12 October 1492.
Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. It was square rigged and was smaller than the Santa María, weighing approximately 60 tons with a length of 20 meters and a width of 7 meters. The crew size was 26 men. Captain of the Pinta was Martín Alonso Pinzón.
The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the Niña and the Santa María. There are no known contemporary likenesses of any of the three ships.
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