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The Nao Santa María of the 525th Anniversary

The Nao Santa María is one of Huelva’s hallmarks and its columbine vocation. It suggests and evokes the region’s ships, seamen, the seafarer’s tradition and its most universal history. All over the world, it is recognized as a symbol of this story of encounters and mutual awareness which the province of Huelva celebrated its 525th Anniversary.

Hence the Nao Santa María Project embodied the goal of the 525th Anniversary of retracing its history th to promote the columbine heritage, the tourism It is for all these reasons that on the of the 525 and the regional culture through the construction Anniversary and with the support of the Provincial and cultural promotion of the vessel that was the Council of Huelva and the Cajasol Foundation, the vehicle of this encounter between two worlds 527 Nao Victoria Foundation built up the replica of the years ago and will be again in the present. historical Nao Santa María.

The Nao Santa María the best traveling ambassador The Nao Victoria Foundation is an institution of this Anniversary of Huelva´s province in all the specialized in promoting and enhancing great Spanish, European and American ports that the cultural events through its historical ships. The ship is visiting on its promotional tours within the Nao Victoria and the Galeon Andalucía, to name next few years. two of its best-known vessels, have already sailed to ports all around the world developing far- reaching projects, participating in International and Universal Exhibitions as well as other events with great success in public attendance and media coverage.

Construction

The construction of the vessel was carried out respecting her shapes and details with historical rigor while applying a cutting edge and revolutionary system in the shipbuilding sector of historical replicas of these characteristics, combining the construction in fiberglass and its lining of wood.

It is a novel technique that represents a massive advance in terms of environmental impact, costs, durability and maintenance of the vessel. The work lasted approximately 14 months, and the launched was on March 11th, 2018. PRESS PACK

Built up in the Punta Umbría shipyards, it employed Technical Data more than a hundred professionals of different profiles: workers from the Punta Umbria shipyard, The Nao Santa María weighs around 200 tons. craftsmen, carpenters, rope makers, mechanics Like the original, the replica incorporates three or electricians, forming a large multi-disciplinary masts and a , being the largest the one that team-work, all together with historians, engineers reaches 82ft high from the waterline of the vessel to and builders, who were involved in the planning the knob or higher part. since the beginning of the project, designing the form and measurements of the ship. Around 1589.16ft³ of iroko wood have been needed for the construction. A tropical wood with great The work lasted approximately 14 months, and the durability quality, very resistance to weathering and launched successfully on March 16th, 2018. different climatic and meteorological agents. The dimensions of the replica are the following:

GAVIA · MAINTOPSAIL · HUNIER Area: 39,162 m² TRINQUETE · FORESAIL · TRINQUETTE Area: 41,040 m²

MESANA · MIZZEN SAIL · MISAINE MAYOR Area: 30,940 m² MAIN GRAND MÂT MAYOR · MAINSAIL · GRAND-VOILE Area: 172,816 m²

CEBADERA · SRIPTSAIL · CIVADIÈRE Area: 19,540 m²

MESANA TRINQUETE MIZZEN MAST FORE MAST ARTIMON MISAINE Spec Sheet:

BAUPRÉS BOWSPRIT BEAUPRÉ Length...... 93 ft. Maximum beam...... 26,2ft. Strut...... 11,46ft.

Decks: Main , Fore Castle, , Quarter Deck and . Masts: Major, Mizzen, Ratchet and Bowsprit. TOLDILLA POOP DECK TAJAMAR PONT DUNETTE COMBÉS CUTWATER Sails: Major, Topsail, Mizzen, Spritsail MAIN DECK TAILLE-MER PONT PRINCIPAL and Ratchet. TOLDA CUBIERTA CASTILLO QUARTER DECK DECK PONT GAILLARD ARRIÈRE PONT GAILLARD AVANT It hosts 359 sq yd of sails, with the maneuvering of sails and rigging faithful to the Nao Santa María of the BODEGA th HOLD 15 century, with more than 1.9mi of CALÉ ropes for firm rigging and labor. PRESS PACK

The Nao Santa María of Christopher The references made on the diary and other Columbus historical sources of the time allow us to know some characteristics and details of this Nao Santa The Nao Santa María is one of the most famous María: it was a larger vessel with a rounder shape ships of mankind. On October 12th of 1492, led by and deeper draft than the caravels, but slower, with Christopher Columbus, it played the main role on a forecastle deck, quarter deck, poop deck and a one of the most important historic landmarks: the cabin. discovery of maritime routes that led to America, the encounter between two worlds that changed the Her four masts would hold the foresail, the and future of universal history. mainsail formed by a course and two bonnets, the mizzen latin sail and the spritsail on the bowsprit. On August 3rd of 1492, it sailed off from the port of She had a whipstaff as steering system and it carried Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain) together with two auxiliary rowing boats on board. the caravels “Pinta” and “Niña”, the so-called three caravels from which this Nao was the flagship. In The size is not specified, but according to studies all references written by Columbus about the Santa made with historic documents of following María in his famous diary of the expedition, he expeditions and shipbuilding treatise writers of refers to it as “Nao”, as did other chroniclers of the the time, based on the number of crew members, time: it could be of approximately 100 barrels. Following the same studies based on these historical sources, “Cristopher Columbus loaded, apart from those two, treaties, chronicles, iconography and other relevant a Nao… and on the third, being the Nao bigger than sources, the main dimensions have been calculated th the rest, he wanted to travel himself, and hence it according to the tonnage formulas of the 16 2 became the flagship”1 century, as well as the shapes and building details.

It was acquired by the Spanish Crown to Juan de la Cosa to be part of the Columbine expedition. Although De la Cosa was natural from the Spanish northern region of Cantabria and lived in the southern Puerto de Santa María, the belief that she was built at some point on the Galician Coast is widespread, hence her previous name: La Gallega (The Galician).

On October 12th, 1492, the Nao Santa María, manned by 40 men, arrived in America with the Caravels, leading one of the most transcendental encounters of history. While sailing close to the Española Island on Christmas day that year, the helmsman got distracted and the vessel run aground and wrecked. On the location of the shipwreck, known as Bahía de Caracol (Haiti), the first Spanish settlement in America was built from the wreckage; it was the Fuerte Natividad (Christmas Fort). 2. Fernández Vial, Ignacio. Las Tres Carabelas. Diputación 1. Bartolomé de las Casas. Historia de las Indias I. 1552 Provincial de Huelva. 1998 PRESS PACK

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