no. i columbus's landfall — wolper 17 



"Head of sand." At 12:15 the moon was 45° over starboard 

 quarter; at 12:25 the moon on port quarter was even with Orion; 

 at 12 :30, the moon rose above Orion and was climbing slowly ; soon 

 after 1:15 a.m., 7j miles from the island, directly in front of the 



Fig. 4. — The light "like a candle falling and rising . . ." 



ship, High Cay glowed from one end to the other! The reflection 

 from the moon covered not only the entire surface of the white rock 

 facing the east, but the brilliance of this light spread its illumination 

 throughout the atmosphere circling above and around these cays 

 (Pokus and Middle Cays appeared to be connected to High Cav at 

 this distance.) There was no doubt left now that this was the "white 

 head of sand" (fig. 5) seen 467 years before! 



