Explorer Christopher Columbus’s three ships – the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria – will be replaced with the steelpan, a popular percussion instrument that originated on the island.

Christopher Columbus’ three ships – the Pinta, the Niña and the Santa María – will be replaced with the steelpan, a popular ...

The law will see Columbus’ three ships—Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria— replaced on the Coat of Arms with the Steelpan- which is national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. The bill’s Clause ...

The image of Christopher Co­lumbus’ three ships from the national coat of arms can now officially be removed and replaced with a “gold steelpan”. In a historic move, the Parliament late on ...

The King of Spain paid for three ships. The Pinta, the Niña and the Santa Maria. In 1492, Columbus set sail. A few months later, the crew spotted land. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies.

Cases doubled in the past three years, affecting more than 3,000 seafarers on about 230 ships in 2024, according to an ...