There's even a model of the Santa Maria in this room. Columbus actually hated the Santa Maria. He complained it was too slow compared with the Niña and Pinta. Indeed, the Santa Maria (get it it's next to giant maria) was the only of the three to not survive the journey due to damage sustained running aground in Haiti. Its body was dismantled and the wood was used to build the first permanent structure for the American colonists: KIND OF LIKE THAT JOSH RITTER SONG SORT OF