Note 161-2 — JOURNAL OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS (continued 2)
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Las Casas, I. 353, remarks, “This wax was never made in the island of Cuba, and this cake that was found came from the kingdom and provinces of Yucatan, where there is an immense amount of very good yellow wax.” He supposes that it might have come from the wrecks of canoes engaged in trade along the coast of Yucatan.