Discovering Columbus |
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Abaco ACKLINS Admiral aligned ancient Antilles Arabic mile Aragon arrived Atlantic Azores Bahama Bank Brendan Canaries cape cartographer Casas Castille Catalan Catalonia celestial navigation Chapman charts Chavez Christopher Columbus coast Colom Colombo Colum course & distance CROOKED ISLAND Cuba discovery of America distance knots hours Dona east Exuma father Ferdinand from/to course Genoa Genoese Geographic Hispaniola historian History hours time conditions Ibid Iceland Indies Isabel Italian Jane JUMENTO CAYS King and Queen kingdom land latitude Lesser Antilles letter Lisbon logbook Long Island Madariaga Majorca mapmaking measure modern monks Morison mother nautical miles Navigatio Sancti Brendani North Star Ocean Sea parallel sailing Point Portolan Portugal Portuguese Press published record Rum Cay Rutter sailing ship Saint Brendan Samana Samana Cay San Salvador Santa Maria Sargasso Sea sea captain Spain square rigged statement Thule Toscanelli translation University voyage of discovery Wiesenthal wrote York