Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — The Caravel Santa Malta. [ARTICLE]

The Caravel Santa Malta.

Among the Columbian Exposition attractions is to be a sac-simile of the caravel Santa Maria, in which Columbus sailed. It is proposed to have this caravel as nearly exact as possible. It will be manned by Spanish sailors in the costume of the time of Columbus, and it will be rigged with the same sort of rigging that he used. There will be on board copies of the same charts that he had; sac-similes of the same nautical instruments. The crew will be of the same number, and it has been suggested that to carry out the truth of history there should be in the crew an Englishman and an Irishman, for, according to Navarrette, the eminent Spanish historian, William Harris, an Englishman, and Arthur Lake an Irishman, were members of Columbus’ crew. There will also be a notary on board wearing the ancient costume, and representatives of all other functionaries who accompanied Columbus. It is proposed to have this vessel make its first appearance at the grand naval review, which is to take place in the harbor of New York, where the little ship will be saluted by the monstrous cruisers of modern invention, representing all the navies of the world. Atthecloseof the naval review it is proposed to have this vessel transi ferred, with ceremony, by the representatives of theGovernmentof Spain, to the President of the United States, and then have it towed through the lakes and Welland Canal to Chicago, i where it will be one of the most interesting features of the exposition.