Image source, Alamy. A replica of the Santa Maria, the flagship of the Italian explorer's expedition. The Santa Maria left Spain in August , along with La Pinta and La Nina, sailing westward It was the largest ship in the expedition, about ft 36m long The ship ran aground on a reef near Haiti on Christmas Day, Columbus told his crew to strip timbers from the ship to build an outpost or fort nearby, leaving sailors behind while he returned to Spain The fort, known as La Navidad, was found destroyed upon Columbus's return to the island he called Hispanola.
Related Topics. Haiti United States. The round-the-clock workload meant that even if you were off-duty, good luck trying to sleep on the deck while the other sailors stomped around you. And then there was the food. For food to last at sea, it needed to be dry. Staples included dried and salted anchovies and cod, pickled or salted beef and pork, dried grains like chickpeas, lentils and beans, and, of course, hardtack biscuits.
Hardtack biscuits were so rock solid that they could only be eaten if softened with water or dipped in the communal slurry served every meal in a large wooden trough. Yet tooth-breaking, dry biscuits were still preferable to those that had been spoiled by exposure to water in their storage barrel. Create a personalised content profile.
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