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red earth powdered and then kneaded that the Indian carried may 

 have been red clay to make a cooking pot. Anyone leaving home to 

 go to a distant, unknown place would want to provide himself with 

 food. The leaves he carried could have been "tea." 



Columbus then sailed west to the next island, his Fernandina, 

 which he could have seen easily from aboard ship at the western 

 point of his Santa Maria de Concepciou. And thus far. the Journal 

 has been followed by the writer many times, repeating each trip to 

 validate statements in this study and to test beyond any doubt the 

 Journal of Columbus. 



CONCLUSION 



Historical documents alone have not presented adequate evidence 

 explaining the light described by Columbus or identifying the position 

 of his landfall. The purpose of this objective presentation of facts 

 pertaining to the light has been to establish conclusive proof re- 

 garding the landfall of the great Discoverer. 



Research during the past 7 years, undertaken by the writer, has 

 challenged every argument that the island of Guanahani-San Salvador 

 in the Bahamas is not that landfall. The facts of the time element 

 and climatic conditions, the topographical and botanical evidence, 

 the artifacts identified from scientific, archeological excavations, 

 where Columbus described the Indians and their villages which he 

 saw, and the links in the cultural development from the past to the 

 older native folk of today, all combine to indicate that the landfall 

 was near High Cay and that this island is the Guanahani-San Sal- 

 vador, where Columbus first landed in the New World. The chrono- 

 logical order (fig. 12) in which Columbus's Journal can be followed, 

 word by word, around these parts, from the time when he approached 

 the island until after he left to sail on to the next one. substantiates 

 the claim that this island is Columbus's San Salvador. 



After Don Cristobal Colon, XVII, El Duque de Yeragua, and his 

 party 50 visited Guanahani-San Salvador on October 16, 1960, on an 

 expedition by air that reconstructed the entire trip the author had 



■""' Life Magazine, Nov. 28, 1960. Don Cristobal Colon's party consisted of 

 Don Cristobal Colon and his wife (Duke and Duchess of Veragua) ; the Minister 

 of Spain and Airs. Jaime Alba; the Consul General of New Orleans, Jose Luis 

 Aparicio ; Commander David Butler, USN, and his wife ; the Columbus Com- 

 mittee from Miami; and from Life Magazine, Jane Kieker and Flip Schulke, 

 photographer and the writer ; and the author of this paper. 



