European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                7 Barcelona Saiu Tes Umb Paul Stoff writer photo by Lloyd Burguss before Dawn on 1492 a ships Lookout Cave Columbus had discovered eight to nth the Admiral of the was received by Isabella and Ferdinand in if Only a few Hundred feet from the Navy and army water front Are two reminders of Hie historical clo nets of Spain and rising from the Center of the Puerta de la is the 195foot Columbus depicting the illustrious Sailor Ito inting to the it was finished in and the top of the surrounded by a can be reached by from the visitors look Down on a Black and Brown col bt11 dwarfed by Navy the Cockle Shell is a replica of the Columbus the Santa reaction of Many visitors to the Santa Maria How did they Ever gel h the Ocean tree wonder u that the two other ships to the Nina and made it were even estimate to of the of the flagship frequently cited dimensions Are 120 and 110 feet the according to us is 82 feet 26 feet and 120 it was he in 1961 and is the fourth others rotted while floating in the neither Nina nor the Pinta were More than 75 feet the Pinto was a 50tonncr and the Nina a what Ever the dimensions of the three the it Jojica of the Santa Maria looks life Loam be compared with the uss inde Pond knee dotted in the anchors take up considerable space on this Lilli Putian vessels Columbus Cabin is entered by a doorway fib out five two inside the Low beamed room Are a bed and the Crew slept on the deck they had food and cargo were Tii the vessel is not in a neat and Chian an official explained that extensive repairs Are Cost of visiting the Santa Maria is 10 after an Lightyear Columbus received the three Small vessels from Isa Bella and on he sail from the Small Spanish port of Palos with 90 officers and he sailed to the Canary and restocked his on the Fleet tailed into Waters never before on with no sight of Many men Felt they were getting to the  and talked co according to some quelled the Mutiny by promising to give up the expedition if land were not sighted within three at 2 am on the Lookout saw the Island on which Columbus first planted the Spanish according to some was probably san Siil or watling in the Asho continued his the Santa due to the carelessness of the went aground off Samo no lives were but Columbus had to unload and abandon his anxious to return to Europe with the news of his Columbus decided to establish a Colony on the he ordered a fort built out of the stranded Hulk of the Santa Maria and called the fort is he left 44 officers and men a the and on set off in the Nina for the Nina was joined at sea by the and on March co Lumbus entered Palos when he returned to Santo Domingo later that he found the fort burned and the Colony Korovel be tiny in companion with nearby 12 a similar hold contained food and the stars and stripes poop deck of Sonta