CONTENTS OF LA NIA CARAVEL WOODEN MODEL KIT

Build yourLa Nia1:65 wooden scale model , Discovery of America’s caravel. Its system of assembly by means of false keel and frames resembles its design to the one of the real ship.

The model has high precision laser cut board parts, wood and birch veneer, various parts of brass, foundry and fabric as accessories, high quality brass engraved parts, as well as ready-to-fit hand-sewn sails.

For the assembly of the model of La Nia, one of the most famous ships in history, you can follow our complete step-by-step full colour instructions in 7 languages, accompanied by the drawings of the completed boat, both of them on DVD format. The kit does not include printed instructions.

Paint your model with thePaints Set for Caravels and Galleons Models, for sale separately. You can also buy theSet of 10 Metal Figures for Caravels and Galleons, ready to be assembled and painted.

THE SHIP THAT CHANGED HISTORY: CARAVEL LA NIA

DiscoverLa Nia, awooden modelof one of the three Spanish caravels used by Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World in 1492. Built in the shipyards of the Port of Moguer (Huelva, Andalusia) a few years before the voyage, it had to be the the flagship of the expedition after the stranding of the Santa Maria. Now it will delight themodelers.

The expedition departed from Puerto de Palos to the Canary Islands on August 3, 1492. On this scale, the Latin sailboat we represent in thismodelwas transformed into square sails. After discovering the New World La Nia would return with Christopher Columbus on board reaching Lisbon on March 4 and finally the port of Palos on March 15, 1493.