ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Seven years of generous and patient cooperation from many good 

 Columbian enthusiasts have encouraged this writer to record the 

 information that follows. Without the thoughtful help of these in- 

 dividuals this study could not have been completed. 



The first to whom I am deeply obligated is Adm. Samuel Eliot 

 Morison, USNR, the eminent historian and author. Without his 

 interest this paper never would have been written, and without his 

 accurate translation of Columbus's Journals many of our finds might 

 have remained undiscovered. 



To my close friend the Hon. Sir George W. K. Roberts. Kt.. 

 C.B.E., M.L.C., president of the Bahamas Legislative Council and 

 Historical Society. I gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of my 

 expeditions by sea. These were made in the interest of the Colony 

 for the clarification of historical facts regarding Columbus's landfall 

 and landing. For these expeditions. Sir George had offered his 110- 

 foot M.V. Drake with the assistance of the late Capt. Claudia Storr 

 and his crew. My grateful appreciation for the many ways in which 

 I have been helped over the years goes also to the Development 

 Board in the Bahamas and for the interest shown through the courtesy 

 of Bahamas Airways, Ltd.. and its pilots. Another who has been 

 invaluable is the Hon. fitienne Dupuch, O.B.E., K.C., C.H.M., 

 M.L.C., editor of the Nassau Daily Tribune. He helped by supporting 

 my work in the newspapers and by publishing accounts of all my 

 expeditions (copyright 1959). It is not always easy in another coun- 

 try to have the freedom that we so enjoy in our own xA.merica, and 

 yet the spirit and encouragement that I received from him made my 

 acceptance and my explorations feasible. And for this, I wish to 

 thank also the Governors of the Bahamas during these years for 

 their letters of gratitude and encouragement. 



I am deeply indebted to Dr. James S. Pickering of the American 

 Museum-Hayden Planetarium, New York, N. Y., who instructed me 

 in timing my approach to the island to accord with that of Columbus : 

 his assistance made it possible for me to explain the mystery of the 

 light Columbus saw, to identify the true landfall and landing, and 

 to verify the accuracy of Columbus's Journal from the 11th to the 

 16th of October 1492. 



