Editorial note — BOOK II
Francis Augustus MacNutt translation
[Note 1: The chronology throughout is erroneous. Columbus had sailed from Cadiz on September 25th, arriving at Gomera on October 5th.]
[Note 2: The first island was discovered on November 3d, and was named La Deseada, or The Desired; five others, including Domingo and Maria Galante were discovered on the same date.]
[Note 3: The island of Guadeloupe, called by the natives Caracueira.]