Niña

E43364

Columbus expedition ship caravel sailing ship

Niña was one of the three ships in Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, notable for its role in the first European expedition to the Americas.

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Columbus expedition ship → caravel → sailing ship →
approximateTonnage	about 60 tons →
associatedWithEvent	European discovery of the Americas →
captainOnFirstVoyage	Vicente Yáñez Pinzón →
category	Christopher Columbus ships → Individual sailing vessels → Ships of the Age of Discovery →
commandedBy	Christopher Columbus →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Castile →
crewSize	about 20–30 men →
historicalPeriod	Age of Discovery →
historicalSignificance	key vessel in initiating sustained contact between Europe and the Americas →
landfallRegion	the Bahamas →
name	Niña →
namedAfter	the Niño family of shipowners →
notableFor	being one of the three ships on Columbus's first voyage → crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 →
operatedIn	Atlantic Ocean →
originalName	Santa Clara →
owner	Juan Niño →
participatedIn	Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas →
partOf	Columbus's 1492 Atlantic fleet →
returnedWith	Christopher Columbus on the first voyage →
riggingType	lateen-rigged caravel (later modified) →
role	exploration ship in the first European expedition to the Americas →
sailedFrom	Palos de la Frontera →
sailedUnderFlag	Crown of Castile →
shipType	caravel →
sisterShip	Pinta → Santa María →
subsequentVoyage	Columbus's second voyage to the Americas →
usedBy	Christopher Columbus →
usedFor	transatlantic exploration →
voyageCompanion	Pinta → Santa María →
voyageDestination	the Caribbean →
voyageStartYear	1492 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pinta → Santa María →	sailedWith
Niña →	name
Christopher Columbus →	shipCommanded
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas →	shipUsed