Museum Santa Cruz de La Palma Maritime Museum

La Palma, an island with a long-standing maritime tradition

The Canary Islands was one of the main ports of call on the Carrera de Indias

La Palma was the first of the Canary Islands to be authorised to trade with the Indies

La Palma was an important port of call on expeditions to the Americas in the 16th century

The instruments used by 16th-century sailors included maps, nautical compasses and cross-staffs

The difficult task of sailing in the Canary Islands during the Age of Discovery

Sailors had a very tough life on ship during the Age of Discovery

The Flemish were the main traders on La Palma post the Conquest

Sugar was the principle maritime export till the 17th century

Ships of the line and caravels were the main vessels used for trade on La Palma

There were three main maritime trading routes between La Palma and Europe

The end of the wine trade revived the route to the Americas

Immigrating to Cuba was the great maritime activity of the late 19th century

The great ships of the American route

The correíllos were the protagonists of inter-insular cabotage in the 20th century

La Palma, the Canary Islands' only surviving correíllo steamer

Port agents represented the major shipping lines that used La Palma as a port of call

Ghost ships were the last chapter in clandestine emigration from the Canary Islands to the Americas

The Pamir, guest of the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma during the First World War

The dwindling importance of shipbuilding in the Canary Islands

The dawn of shipbuilding on La Palma

The 18th and 19th centuries were the golden age of shipbuilding on La Palma

The Arozenas, a story in shipbuilding set in La Palma

Benahoare, the last jewel of La Palma's shipyards

A grounded caravel to honour the Virgen de las Nieves

San Telmo, the ancient patron of seafarers