Lindberg Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria Sailing Ships (3 Kits) Plastic Model Sailing Ship. It was thought to have been found, but a recent report shows that the wreck is not the Santa Maria after all: Page on . This is the 1/250 Scale Mayflower Plastic Model Kit from Lindberg. 'Ideally, if excavations go well and depending on the state of preservation of any buried timber, it may ultimately be possible to lift any surviving remains of the vessel, fully conserve them and then put them on permanent public exhibition in a museum in Haiti,' he said, adding that 'the wreck has the potential to play a major role in helping to further develop Haiti's tourism industry in the future. The Santa Maria sank along the coast of Haiti on Christmas Day, 1492. 'It would be very exciting but I remain skeptical because people make claims all the time.'Ĭlifford said that if the shipwreck was indeed confirmed to be Columbus' Santa Maria, it should remain in Haiti. 'If whoever finds the Santa Maria can confirm that it's the Santa Maria, that's kind of like the Holy Grail,' Crisman said. The Santa Maria sank slowly in 1492 and the crew had time to remove valuable items, such as a cannon, that might have helped confirm the identity of the wreckage centuries later. However, there are reasons to be skeptical that this is indeed the Santa Maria, said Kevin Crisman, director of the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation at Texas A&M University.Ĭrisman told the Associated Press that many Spanish ships sunk off Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic during that era. Replicas of Columbus' ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, sail past the Statue of Liberty June 26, 1992, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Americas. It will be a wonderful opportunity to work with the Haitian authorities to preserve the evidence and artifacts of the ship that changed the world,' Clifford told The Independent. 'We've informed the Haitian government of our discovery - and we are looking forward to working with them and other Haitian colleagues to ensure that the site is fully protected and preserved. Over the last several years, Clifford and his team investigated over 400 possible locations, narrowing down a tiny area where the shipwreck, which could be the Santa Maria, was found. Clifford then used the explorer's diary to try to determine where the location of the shipwreck could be, according to the British newspaper.

Clifford's discovery was made possible by the work of other archaeologists, which suggested the probable location of Columbus' fort.

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