Artesania Latina 1/65 Santa Maria Caravel (nao) Scaled Wooden Model Ship Kit

We introduce you to the renewed wooden model of the Santa Maria Caravel (nao) 1/65 scale. The 2020 modelling kit, aimed at advanced-level modellers, contains high-quality birch wood, die-cast parts and photo-etched details, hand-sewn sails and ... A bonus! A wooden base with a nominative plaque to expose the scale model. Once finished, its dimensions: 19.80’’ length / 10.39’’ width / 19.60’’ height.

The renovated naval modelling kit of Santa Maria Caravelle 1/65 scale, manufactured since 2020, cannot be absent in the collection of faithful replicas of any ship modeller, its construction is inescapable because it is one of the essential vessels in history naval of the planet. It is aimed at fans of this hobby with an advanced level of skills for the construction of this wonderful scale model.

History Of The Santa Maria Nao: Wrongly Called Caravel

Yes, it is possibly the most important ship in history because it was the one where Christopher Columbus was when he discovered America at the end of the fifteenth century, specifically, in 1492. Santa 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. In the beginning, Santa Maria’s name was La Gallega, whose owner was Juan de la Cosa.

The adventure began not to discover a new continent, but to find a new safe route to the Pacific Ocean. His 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.

On October 12th, after several crew riots a few days, 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-, which did bring Santa Maria "tomb". During the night of December 24th, the nao remained stranded because of a sandbank due to the malpractice of the lookout man. Immediate consequence? The coral reefs destroyed the hull of the boat, the crew had to climb on La Niña. In this sense, it was rumoured that Columbus was interested in that sinking to return since they had not found gold in bulk, trying to deceive the Catholic Kings in order to return to Castile. Finally, with the materials that were left of the sinister Santa Maria nao, they lifted the Christmas Fort with palisade, the first European in the New Continent.

Then, yes, Columbus returned to the Iberian Peninsula with La Pinta and La Niña, to later return to America, where he ran into the death of the forty colones he had left. Why? It seems that the Indians did it to punish them for having stolen their food and their women. Surprisingly for the time, Columbus did not penalize the natives' leader, but allowed other abuses, while Isabel La Católica forbade the punishments to be carried out, but she was not given much attention.

• Model is primarily made of high-quality Birch Wood, with numerous metal parts
• Laser-cut boards, with different thickness; birch would slats, & linden veneer
• Die-cut templates to paint the characteristic crosses
• Hand-sewn sails
• Includes a wood display base with a nominal metal plate
• DVD with optimal step-by-step instructions

• Scale: 1/65
• Type: Wooden Ship 
• Skill Level: Advanced
• Length: 806mm (19 ^51/64")
• Width: 264mm (10 ^25/64")
• Height: 498mm (19 ^39/64")

• Figurines sold separately.