Note 241-3 — JOURNAL OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS (continued 4)
Reading edition
There is nothing corresponding to this in Ferdinand’s extract from the Journal. Was this omission also a case of pious revision?
The Admiral thought that there could be no great storms in the countries he had discovered, because trees (mangroves) actually grew with their roots in the sea. The herbage on the beach nearly reached the waves, which does not happen when the sea is rough. (Markham.)