Word: gomera
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...near enough to Columbus' larger ships in rig and burthen to enable us to cross the ocean under conditions very similar to those of his day. . . ." In the Capitana they explored the European end of Columbus' routes, then headed back across the Atlantic. "Our crossing from Gomera to Trinidad was approximately on the route of [Columbus'] Third Voyage, and we made exactly the same Trinidad landfall. ..." Later they explored his routes along the Spanish Main, and Professor Morison kept retracing the Caribbean until the war made him stop...
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