Word: guanahani
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little fleet of three boats, the crews had to be made up of criminals and riffraff: no one else would join. The voyage of discovery took more than two months: from Aug. 3 to Oct. 12. The first land sighted was an island called by the Indians Guanahani: geographers today think it was Watling Island. Columbus believed it was one of the East Indies; when he came to Cuba, decided it was the continent of Asia, made all his crew sign an affidavit that they believed Cuba was a continent...
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