Our favourite pirates, the Anna Maria Island Privateers will be joining the Heritage Day festivities and will be performing a jail capture around 11:00. The museum, Belle Haven Cottage and the surrounding native plant garden will be open for tours. Listen to live music provided by the Anna Maria Island Stringband featuring Howie Banfield and enjoy food, drinks, old fashioned children’s games and a scavenger hunt. There will be auctions as well as collectibles available for purchase and the newly renovated gift shop will be open. There will be a Settlers Market with local produce, honey, herbs and settler’s bread baked by local volunteers. You will have an opportunity to watch all day demonstrations by beekeepers, wool spinners, bonnet makers, candle makers, wood workers, soap makers and arts and crafts as practiced by early Island settlers. Here are a few of our favorite things to add to your list: Saturday, March 2 - 9:00 am – 2:00 pmĬelebrate life on Anna Maria Island and learn how the early settlers lived. The three ships of that first voyage are considered among the ‘Holy Grail’ of ship archaeology.If you are looking for a guide to keep you and your family entertained with local events, we’ve got you covered! March is a busy month for festivals and events. The Niña and the Pinta continued in service following the voyages to the New World, but no record has been discovered that give clues as to their fates. It was the only one of the three whose approximate location was known. But the ship that was found dated more than a century later than Columbus’ voyages. In 2014, it was reported that the wreck of the Santa Maria had been located. The remains of the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria have proved elusive despite decades of searching. In February 1494, twelve of the ships returned to Spain with Columbus sailing on the Niña. These ships included a new ship christened the Santa Maria, as well as the Niña and Pinta from the first voyage to the New World. Her fate following the second voyage to the New World is also not recorded.įind the Best Valentine’s Gift at Anthony LaurenceĪfter the success of his first voyage, the Spanish Sovereigns spared no expense in fitting out Columbus’ second voyage with a total of seventeen ships for the colonization of Hispaniola. It is believed that she was built in 1441, making the ship over a half century old at the time of Columbus’ first voyage. It was a lighter and faster ship than the much wider Santa Maria, but little is known about the Pinta. On its first voyage across the Atlantic, the Pinta was captained by Martín Alonso Pinzón. The Niña and Pinta were smaller than the Santa Maria, weighing between 50 and 75 tons, with a deck length of 50 to 60 feet.
The exact measurements of length and width of the three ships have not survived, but good estimates of their capacity can be judged from notes written by their crew members. The actual name of the Pinta (the Painted One) is unknown. The Niña (the Girl) was actually christened the Santa Clara and sailed for at least 46 years. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the smaller caravel-type ships. She had a single deck, three small masts and as a cargo ship weighed about 100 tons. The Santa Maria was the largest of the ships and was a medium-sized carrack, with a deck roughly about 58 feet long. The Niña and Pinta were nicknames given to the vessels. Few realize that only the Santa Maria was the true name of the three ships.
Everyone knows the names of the three ships that sailed on Christopher Columbus’ maiden voyage to the New World – the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria.
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