{"product_id":"artesania-22411-santa-maria-caravel-wooden-ship-scale-1-65","title":"Artesania 22411 Santa Maria Caravel Wooden Ship Scale 1:65","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanta Maria Caravel Wooden Ship. Scale 1:65\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eART-22411 \u003c\/strong\u003e- Artesania Latina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanta Maria History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePossibly the most important ship in history as it carried Christopher Columbus when he discovered America at the end of the fifteenth century, specifically, in \u003cstrong\u003e1492\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanta Maria Nao, wrongly called 'caravel' -the other smaller two boats were really caravels, La Niña and La Pinta-, although the three ships were considered caravels in the original documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe voyage set out o find a new safe route to the Pacific Ocean. The first stop was in the Canary Islands, specifically, in La Gomera in order to collect more supplies and fix the damages that the nao could have, built with wood from Cantabria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn October 12\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e, after several crew riots, the cabin boy Rodrigo de Triana spotted 'land': first they arrived at Guanahani Island, which they called San Salvador, in the Bahamas archipelago, until it reached another one that he named La Española -currently, Haiti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the night of December 24\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e, the Santa Maria remained stranded on a sandbank and then on to the coral reefs which destroyed the hull of the boat. the crew had to climb on La Niña\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColumbus returned to the Iberian Peninsula with La Pinta and La Niña, to later return to America, where he discovered the 40 colonists who had been left had been killed. Apparently, the Indians wanted to punish them for having stolen their food and their women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanta Maria Model\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Santa Maria Caravel wooden model kit is 1:65 scale and is a faithful replicas  and popular with all naval modellers. It is aimed at modellers with an intermediate level of skills for the construction of this wonderful scale model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this kit parts of high-quality laser precision cut birch wood, metal parts and photo etched parts. Sails made of reinforced cotton cut and hemmed ready to be fitted. In addition, a wooden exhibition base featuring a metal ship's nameplate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll assembly instructions are downloadable with precise step by step images. There are also 15 videos available top assist with construction and assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe completed model measures 503mm long, 264mm wide and 498mm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kit does not include glue, paint or tools - all will be necessary to complete the kit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hobbies Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46057945465023,"sku":"ART-22411","price":255.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0355\/2919\/5651\/files\/22411-NSantaMariaBoxFront.png?v=1787214939","url":"https:\/\/smallforge.com.au\/products\/artesania-22411-santa-maria-caravel-wooden-ship-scale-1-65","provider":"Small Forge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}