- E.
[2] Galvano is here inaccurate: It will be seen in the sequel, that
Bartholomew Columbus did not accompany his brother in this voyage,
being then in England. - E.
[3] It is certainly possible, that Columbus may have used that mode in his
course to the Canaries: But as his run across the Atlantic was nearly
on a parallel, he must have kept that part of his voyage by what is
called dead reckoning, or by the log. - E.
[4] The middle of Guanahana is in lat. 24 deg. 30' N. The centre of Jamaica in
18 deg. 10' N. The latitudes of Galvano are generally inaccurate; and he
never pretends to assign any longitudes whatever. The series, likewise,
in which he arranges the discoveries of Columbus is very inaccurate.
- E.
[5] Cape de Verd is in 14 deg. 30' N. Deseada in 16 deg. 30' N. a difference of
two degrees of latitude. Dominica, in 15 deg. 30' is the first land said
to have been discovered by Columbus in his _second_ voyage, in the
authentic original narrative by his son, which will be found in the
sequel. - E.
[6] Counting from Dominica to the north side of Cuba, between 15 deg.
