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| Boy Scouts Volunteer at the Museum |
| Local Boy Scouts are teaming up with Museum staff to carry out needed repairs on the Pinta. Scouts and Leaders from Boy Scout Troop 87 of the South Texas Council worked with Museum staff to remove the the worn half deck on the Pinta. Scouts will come back on a periodic basis as repairs to the Pinta continue. Pinta is open for public tours during this reconstruction process. |
Boy Scouts Help with Pinta Reconstruction
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Step aboard, and step back to the time of Columbus historic voyage!
Make a reservation for your visit now! |
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* Follow in the footsteps of Columbus' crew, as your costumed guide shares daily life of the men and boys.
* Santiago's Challenge invites you to try your hand at navigation skills, and the working machines of the day; the capstan and block and tackle. Mark
the passage of time by turning the sand glass and ringing the ship's bell.
* Come aboard-reservations required! |
| Experience the POWER of SIMPLE MACHINES* aboard the Columbus Ships! |
Columbus and his crew knew the compounding power of simple machines. The lever, pulley, wheel and axle, and inclined plane were used aboard on a daily basis to help the crew accomplish daily tasks. During your tour you will try your hand at the capstan to accomplish a similar task. Click here to Read More
Reservations required. Sign your crew up by clicking on the link above.
*Science Concepts:
The student knows there is a relationship between force and motion.
The student knows concepts of force and motion evident in everday life. |
Rudy using a capstan aboard the Pinta
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Columbus Ships
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Columbus Panels
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In 1983, under the auspices of the Spanish Navy and the Institute of Naval History and Culture, Jose Maria Martinez-Hidalgo was engaged in the study of the three Columbus Ships. Jose Luis Lopez-Martinez was contracted to draw up the construction plans and carry out the strategic planning to create the replicas.
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Columbus planned to find the East by sailing West. His idea was not new. As a cartographer and bookseller in Portugal, Columbus had access to ancient works as well as contemporary maps and theories of the day.
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TEKS
TEKS Biographies-Christopher Columbus
SS 1C, 3A-B,16A (Grade 3), 2 A-B,11A
(Grade 4),1A,11A,(Grade 5), 21A (grade 7), 1B, 2A, 30A (Grade 8) |
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