Pinta (ship)

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the estimated construction year?Circa 1441
2. What is the primary owner?Cristóbal Quintero
3. What was the Pinta?The Pinta was a fast caravel ship built in Spain around 1441 that sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first trip across the Atlantic in 1492.
4. Why was the Pinta so fast?Its design as a caravel, with lateen sails that let it sail close to the wind and a shallow draft that made it agile, made the Pinta quicker than many older ships.

Lateen Sails: Triangular sails that allowed ships to sail more effectively against the wind.
Columbian Exchange: The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World.
Age of Discovery: A period in European history, roughly from the 15th to the 17th century, marked by extensive overseas exploration and the establishment of global trade routes.
Indigenous Populations: The original inhabitants of a particular region or territory before the arrival of colonizers or settlers.