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Encyclopedia > Pinta
Replica of the Pinta, in Palos de la Frontera
Replica of the Pinta, in Palos de la Frontera
For the human skin disease, see pinta (disease).
For the Island, see Pinta Island.

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 by Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta on October 12, 1492. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Location of Palos de la Frontera Municipality Huelva Government  - Mayor Carmelo Romero Hernández Area  - City 50 km²  (19. ... Pinta is a human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America. ... Pinta Island is also known as Abington Island. ... Italian Full rigged ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large watercraft capable of offshore navigation. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of the first Europeans to discover the Americas, after the Vikings. ... Also film, 1492: Conquest of Paradise. ... Juan Rodrigo Bermejo was a Spanish sailor born in Sevilla. ... is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also film, 1492: Conquest of Paradise. ...


Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. We do not know its real name. By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. Thus, Pinta, like Nina, was not the ship's actual name. The actual name of the Pinta is unknown. Caravela Latina / Latin Caravel Caravela Redonda / Square-rigged Caravel A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable, two or three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for long voyages of exploration beginning in the 15th century. ...


Pinta 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. Martin Alonzo Pinzón, (Palos de la Frontera, Huelva; c. ...


The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the Niña and the Santa María. There are no known contemporary likenesses of Columbus' ships. Replicas of each of all three ships exist, the best-known of which is the "sailing museum" Niña, built in 1992, which has toured the world continuously since then.[1] The Niña (the Spanish word for girl) was one of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage towards the Indies in 1492. ... A functional sailing replica of the Santa Maria found in Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal. ...


References

  1. ^ The Niña - Columbus Foundation British Virgin Islands

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eMedicine - Pinta : Article Excerpt by: Natalie C Klein, MD, PhD (361 words)
Background: Pinta is an endemic treponematosis caused by Treponema carateum.
Pinta is characterized by chronic skin lesions that occur primarily in young adults.
Late or tertiary pinta is characterized by disfiguring pigmentary changes, hypochromia, achromic lesions, and hyperpigmented and atrophic lesions.
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