![]() ![]() ![]() If the shipwreck is the explorer ship, it might be more valuable than any Spanish galleon laden with gold dubloons and precious jewels. The possibility that the Pinta has been found has excited fortune hunters and archeologists. ![]() But the fate of the Pinta always has been a mystery, a sore point with historians since it was from the Pinta's decks that one Rodrigo de Triana first sighted the New World the morning of Oct. The Nina, which carried Columbus home, made at least two more trips to the New World with Columbus before being retired. The Santa Maria sank off the north coast of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) during the 1492 voyage. Of Columbus' three ships, the Pinta is the only one to have vanished from history. "What they have is a very real and valuable old wreck. Eugene Lyon, a Florida researcher hired by the National Geographic Society to investigate the wreck. "I don't know why they have to do this inject the Pinta claim ," counters Dr. "I'm 100 percent sure it's the Pinta based on the research and the experience I've had during 25 years at sea," says Olin Frick, one of two Florida treasure hunters credited with discovering the shipwreck. They believe it is the Pinta, one of three ships used by Christopher Columbus during his 1492 voyage to the New World. Treasure hunters claim it is something more. The reason for all the turmoil is that archeologists believe the shipwreck may date back to the 1500s or possibly before, making it the oldest Spanish shipwreck ever recovered in the Americas. There also has been a mysterious explosion at the shipwreck site. So far, that fight has pitted friends against each other, raised threats of a $100 million lawsuit and led to an armed confrontation at sea. Since its discovery in 1977, two groups of treasure hunters and an internationally known archeological institute have fought for control of the mystery shipwreck. Stephen Sanger said.OF ALL the fights over ancient shipwrecks, perhaps none has been as bitter or as tangled as a dispute currently being waged over the remains of a tiny ship that lies less than 50 feet beneath the azure surface of the Caribbean Sea near Molasses Reef, just south of the Bahamas. However, the Nina replica is still being repaired after sustaining heavy damage in 2020 during Hurricane Sally, owner Capt. The Pinta is typically accompanied by a replica of the Nina, another ship Columbus used during his trips across the Atlantic Ocean. Children ages 4 and under get in for free. Tickets are purchased at the ship, and cost $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and military personnel and $6 for kids ages 5 to 16. The vessel will be open for self-guided dockside tours from 9 a.m. It was built by eighth-generation Portuguese shipwrights using the same methods and tools as the original, according to a press release. ![]() The Pinta replica first launched in Brazil in 2005 after three years of construction. Things to do: 9 gorgeous national parks within driving distance of CincinnatiĮvents: Top 10 things happening this weekend, June 2-4 The ship docks at Hooters on Riverboat Row in Newport on Wednesday, and opens to the public as a floating museum Friday. Photos of the Pinta, a replica of the Portuguese caravel ship used by Christopher Columbus during his 1492 transatlantic voyage, made rounds on Twitter last week as it traveled down the Ohio River. View Gallery: The Pinta, a replica of Christopher Columbus's ship is docked in NewportĪ historic-looking vessel, which some social media users thought was a pirate ship, has made its way to Greater Cincinnati. ![]()
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