Tom McNeely: Columbus Crossing the Atlantic

Artist: Tom McNeely
1935 -
Nationality: Canadian
Artwork Year: 1992
Image Size: 20.25 by 17 inches
Overall Size: 21.875 by 17.625 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Water Color Paper

For his first voyage, Columbus received three ships from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. The Pinta and the Niñia, two caravels designed to sail fleetly into the wind, accompanied Columbus' flagship, the Mariagalante -- officially renamed the Santa Maria. Manned by a combined crew of 90 men, the ships set sail from the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. A good compass and crude quadrant were the admiral's only tools, for he measured latitude by the North Star and navigated by dead reckoning. Nine days later the ships reached the Canary Islands and docked to take on supplies and make repairs. On September 6, they put out to sea on a course set for due west. The sailors watched until Hierro, westernmost island of the Canaries and the last image of familiar ground, disappeared below the eastern horizon. For three weeks the ships sailed on, aided by fair trade winds and relatively smooth waters. The Journal of the First Voyage noted on September 16 that "The Admiral (Columbus) says here that today and ever thereafter they had very mild breezes, that the savor of the mornings was a great delight, that the only thing wanting was to hear nightingales. Says he, 'The weather was like April in Andalucia."'

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Maximu Card for the U.S. 29¢ Columbus Voyage; Crossing Atlantic issued April 24, 1992.

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