The magazine of American history with notes and queries . six months down-pour. Then all these islands have abundance of water,and the low parts are flooded, and so remain until November, when, withthe exception of lagoons that are fed from the sea, the abundance ofwater gradually disappears, through the influence of an unclouded sun andthe absorbing power of the coral rock. 242 THE FIRST LANDFALL OF COLUMBUS Monday, October 15th, Columbus went along the north shore of thesecond island, and anchored about sunset at its west cape. He gave thisisland the name of Santa Maria de la Conception. He
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . six months down-pour. Then all these islands have abundance of water,and the low parts are flooded, and so remain until November, when, withthe exception of lagoons that are fed from the sea, the abundance ofwater gradually disappears, through the influence of an unclouded sun andthe absorbing power of the coral rock. 242 THE FIRST LANDFALL OF COLUMBUS Monday, October 15th, Columbus went along the north shore of thesecond island, and anchored about sunset at its west cape. He gave thisisland the name of Santa Maria de la Conception. He describes it as hav-ing one side, north and south, five leagues ( nautical miles), and another,east and west, over ten leagues ( nautical miles). These dimensions No. 2. direct the search for an island that has two sides and the included angle ashere given. By referring to Map No. 2, we observe that Crooked and , together, correspond to the description that Columbus recorded forthe second island. The channel separating Crooked from Acklin is easilywaded, even at high water. In 1492 this was probably closed. From thesea both now appear as a single island. Columbus approached Acklin THE FIRST LANDFALL OF COLUMBUS 243 from the northward and eastward, and saw the side that lies north andsouth, which is thirteen miles in length. The other, along which he coasted,is formed by Acklin and Crooked. The trend and length are W. by N. andE. by S., twenty-nine nautical miles. There is no other island nor islandsin the Bahamas, except these two, that answer to Columbus description ofthe second island. It is here that I shall begin to lay down his track withconfidence, leaving the designation of the first island to the conclusion ofthis paper. October 16th Co
Size: 1438px × 1737px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookpublishernewyorkasbarnes
