KnowraPintaPintaThe Pinta was a caravel that accompanied Christopher Columbus’s first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492.BriefConnectChristopher Columbus: A Genoese navigator whose 1492 expedition, sailing under the Spanish Crown, crossed the Atlantic to the Americas. He commanded the expedition that included the Pinta.Caravel: A small, maneuverable sailing ship developed in Iberia and used in Atlantic exploration. The Pinta belonged to this ship type.Martín Alonso Pinzón: A Spanish navigator and shipowner who commanded the Pinta on Columbus’s first Atlantic voyage. He captained the Pinta and briefly sailed separately from Columbus in the Caribbean.Guanahani: The island in the Caribbean where Columbus’s expedition made its first recorded landfall on October 12, 1492. The Pinta was part of the fleet present at the expedition’s first landfall.Santa María: The largest of the three ships in Columbus’s first Atlantic expedition; it was wrecked off Hispaniola in 1492. It sailed alongside the Pinta and the Niña on the outward voyage.Lateen sail: A triangular sail set on a long yard, allowing a sailing vessel to maneuver effectively across changing wind directions. Lateen rigging was characteristic of caravels like the Pinta.Vicente Yáñez Pinzón: A Spanish navigator who commanded the Niña during Columbus’s first Atlantic voyage. His command of the companion caravel places him alongside the Pinta’s captain.Cuba: The Caribbean island explored by Columbus’s expedition in 1492 after its first landfall in the Bahamas. The Pinta sailed with the expedition during its exploration of Cuba.Niña: The caravel that accompanied Columbus’s first Atlantic expedition and returned with him to Spain in 1493. It was the Pinta’s fellow caravel and shared its return voyage.Square rig: A sail arrangement in which sails hang across the vessel’s length on horizontal yards. The Pinta’s lateen-rigged form differed from the square-rigged Santa María.Show all 22Linked from 5 pagesVoyages of Christopher ColumbusBroader topic: Its speed helped it range ahead of the other ships during the crossing.SyphilisCompared with: Pinta is another treponemal disease, distinct from sexually transmitted syphilis.Treponema pallidumCompared with: It is another treponemal disease, but its causative species is distinct from T. pallidum.Show all 5