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Santa Maria (ship) - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Aeroplane, Aerostat, Aircraft, Airmail, Airplane, Airship, Argosy, Ark, Back, Bag, Balloon, Barge, Barrel, Bathyscaphe, Beak, Beam, Blimp

The Santa Maria was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.

Santa Maria was a carrack-type vessel and was used as a mother ship for the expedition. In 1492, in the middle of the expidition, the ship was shipwrecked in a storm.

The other ships of the Columbus expedition were: NiƱa and Pinta

Example Usage of (ship)

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