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-- THE SEARCH FOR GOLD -- HOSPITALITY AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE NATIVES -- CHRISTMAS DAY -- A SHIPWRECK -- COLONY TO BE FOUNDED -- COLUMBUS SAILS EAST AND MEETS MARTIN PINZON -- THE TWO VESSELS RETURN TO EUROPE -- STORM -- THE AZORES -- PORTUGAL -- HOME.
On the sixth of December they crossed from the eastern cape of Cuba to the northwestern point of the island, which we call Hayti or San Domingo. He says he gave it this name because "the plains appeared to him almost exactly like those of Castile, but yet more beautiful."