Editorial note — BOOK VI
Francis Augustus MacNutt translation
[Note 1: The date was May 30, 1498, and the number of ships under his command was six, instead of eight. Much delay had occurred in fitting out the fleet for the voyage, owing to the poor management of the royal functionaries, especially the Bishop of Burgos, whose enmity towards Columbus was from thenceforward relentless.]
[Note 2: Properly Boavista. A leper colony had been established here by the Portuguese.]