Harbor at Cap Haitien showing Sea Diver's anchorage behind 

 reef where Santa Maria was thought to have been destroyed. 



Reef Diver v^as pulled hurriedly alongside, and in a 

 matter of moments Ed, Captain Weems and Bill, with 

 Kemp at the wheel, had started ofiF to make a quick survey 

 of the area which they had selected as having the best 

 possibilities. 



I picked up Columbus's Journal and leafed through 

 the pages, seeking to refresh my memory as to the events 

 of the shipwrreck. 



The ship went upon it [the reef] so gently 

 that it was hardly noticed. The boy who felt the 

 rudder ground, and heard the sound of the sea, 

 shouted, and at his cries, the Admiral came out 

 and was so quick that no one had yet realized that 

 they were aground. Immediately the master of the 



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