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Columbus's Ships
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● FeaturedThe names of Christopher Columbus's three ships are often recited from memory as a basic historical fact. Yet, many people can only recall two, or misremember the third.
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What People Remember
People often remember Christopher Columbus's three ships as the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, with the Santa Maria being a prominent one.
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What's Actually True
Columbus's three ships were indeed the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. The Santa María was actually the largest of the three and served as Columbus's flagship, though it wrecked on Christmas Day 1492. The false memory often arises from struggling to recall all three or the prominence of Santa Maria leading to confusion.
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#christopher columbus#exploration#ships#new world#discovery
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