The Nao Santa Maria (left) has been visiting Galveston for several weeks. It is moored next to the Elissa at the Seaport Museum.
The crew got their covid vaccinations while here in town.
Nao Santa Maria is a new replica of the Spanish three-masted deep water ship that was the flagship of Christopher Columbus’ exploration fleet.
Built in the Spanish province of Huelva during the 525thanniversary of the 1492 voyage, she was launched on March 15, 2018 as part of
the historic replica fleet of the Nao Victoria Foundation in Seville. A 95-foot nao, a centuries-old vessel type known in Britain as a carrack, she sails with a crew of 20.
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