The actual original name of La Pinta is unknown. The Santa María's original nickname was La Gallega. Thus, La Pinta, like La Niña, was not the ship's actual name La Niña's actual name was the Santa Clara. By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. The owner of the ship allowed Martín Alonso Pinzón to take over the ship so he could keep an eye on the ship. The Quintero brothers were ship owners from Palos. The owner of La Pinta was Cristóbal Quintero.
The New World was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana aboard La Pinta on 12 October 1492. La Pinta ( Spanish for The Painted One, The Look, or The Spotted One) was the fastest of the three Spanish ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage in 1492. Replica of La Pinta, in Palos de la Frontera
