What were the common diseases and health issues faced by sailors?

In Columbus's time it was the custom in Spain to name ships after saints and to call them by nicknames instead. La Niña was likely a nickname for a ship ... May 13, 2014 ... An underwater explorer says he may have found the wreckage of Christopher Columbus' famous flagship, the Santa Maria, which was wrecked in a storm 500 years ... Aug 19, 2011 ... www.thenina.comThe Nina, whose formal name was the Santa Clara, was one of three ships that carried Christopher Columbus and his crew on their ... The deep keels and rudders held the ships in fore-to-aft lines of travel, allowing them to be pushed across the wind. This gave considerable freedom in choosing ... Mar 30, 2017 ... The easy one is the Santa Maria (Formerly La Gallega), which ran aground then sank, 12/24/1492 (Christmas Eve) in Hispaniola. The “Pinta”, a Replica of a Portuguese Caravel used by Christopher Columbus and many early explorers will open as a “floating museum” in Madison for dockside ... May 13, 2018 ... Here are the names of the ships with the nicknames that the sailors gave them. La Santa Clara - Sailors nicknamed this ship La Nina, meaning “The Girl.” Nov 4, 2023 ... Replica Christopher Columbus ship visits Chattanooga · gallery photo. The replica was built slightly larger than scale to accommodate more ... Excerpts from Christopher Columbus' Log, 1492 A.D.. IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD ... The Indians on board the ships called this island Saomete. I named it ... Still, nothing has been found to definitively identify the ship as the Vizcaina, and there is some speculation that the ship may actually have been one used by ...