Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recently published book of essays, The Wake of Columbus, historians present their cases for other islands in the Bahamas...
...mainstream opinion, first expounded by former Harvard professor Samuel E. Morrison in his 1946 biography of Columbus, holds that Columbus landed on a large South Bahamas island, originally called Watlings Island but renamed San Salvador in honor of its historical role...
...controversy all springs from the 16th century loss of Columbus' original voyage journal. Historians now must rely on an abridged third-hand version containing numerous inconsistencies, according to Arne B. Molander, author of one of the essays...
Molander said he believes Columbus landed at Egg Island in the Bahamas, much further north than the island championed by Morrison...
Molander cites a combination of 98 clues compiled from Columbus's journal which support his theory. He claims that other historians, misled by what were probably clerical errors, contradict much of Columbus' journal by naming the Southern Bahamas...