How different was the experience of the recreated voyage from Columbus’ original venture?
A. The ocean is the same, alternatively benign and cruel, always indifferent to man’s acts and his intention. But everything else was different. For this crossing we successfully recreated the appearance and the sailing technology of Columbus’s time. The Pinta and the Nina were wonderful, little sailing ships and preformed as Columbus described (the replica of Santa Maria is a different story), but here the similarity ends. The replicas had big engines in addition to sails, GPS navigation instruments, maps and, if all else fails, a Spanish Navy escort. But even more important were the differences in the crews’ mindset. Columbus’ crew could not even imagine the world, as we know it today. Our modern crew could not forget or ignore all they knew about the world. As a result the emotional experience of the two crews was totally different. It remained a task for the filmmaker to recreate not only the voyage but also the emotional world of Columbus and his men. Q. So, why was it important t
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