- Fully assembled and ready for display
- Exhaustively researched and historically accurate to the actual tall ship
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- 35" long x 16" Wide x 28" High (1:38 scale)
- This model ship was built from over 1000 pieces made of the finest materials:
- Woods such as cherry, black walnut, birch and rosewood
- Machine turned brass cannons
- Hand sewn thick canvas sails that do not wrinkle
- Masterfully painted like the actual Santa Maria tall ship
- Perfectly taught rigging with varied thread color and thickness
- The ship model rests on a sturdy wood base supported by four arched metal dolphins (marble base pictured)
- Click here to learn more about how the model ships and model boats are built
The world was forever changed when, in 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail searching for a direct trade route to the Indies but instead discovered the Americas. Carrying him was the Santa Maria, a 98-foot wooden cargo ship.