The exact measurements of length and width of the three ships have not survived, but good estimates of their burden capacity can be judged from contemporary anecdotes written down by one or more of Columbus's crew members, and contemporary Spanish and Portuguese shipwrecks from the late 15th and early 16th centuries which are comparable in size to that of Santa María. Niña, Pinta, and the Santa María were modest-sized merchant vessels comparable in size to a modern cruising yacht. All these ships were second-hand (if not third- or more) and were not intended for exploration. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the smaller caravel-type ships Santa Clara one particular ship sailed for 46 years and was remembered as La Niña (" The Girl"), and La Pinta (" The Painted"). Santa María had a single deck and three small masts. Santa María was probably a medium-sized nau ( carrack), about 58 ft (17.7 m) long on deck, and according to Juan Escalante de Mendoza in 1575, Santa Maria was " very little larger than 100 toneladas" (about 100 tons, or tuns) burthen, or burden, and was used as the flagship for the expedition. Santa María was built in Pontevedra, Galicia, in Spain's North-West region. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción ( Spanish for: The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception), or La Santa María, originally La Gallega, was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Ship model at Fort San Cristóbal, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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