by Andrew Rowen | Nov 23, 2021 | New York City
Columbus’s fleet sailed from Boriquén (Puerto Rico) to “Española” on November 22, 1493, and last rites were given the sailor most seriously wounded on St. Croix. The next day, 528 years ago, the ships anchored briefly off Española’s mountainous Samaná peninsula...
by Andrew Rowen | Nov 19, 2021 | New York City
On departing St. Croix, Columbus’s fleet coursed east over the next few days toward “Española.” While primary sources differ, my estimation is that Columbus now held almost thirty indigenous people seized or taken aboard at Guadeloupe and St. Croix. Some were Caribes,...
by Andrew Rowen | Nov 14, 2021 | New York City
After Guadeloupe, the fleet explored the archipelago of islands to the north. Columbus named one for the Virgin of another Spanish monastery, Montserrat, a second for the Virgin who worked miracles in Seville’s cathedral, Saint Antigua, and a third—as the day of...
by Andrew Rowen | Nov 9, 2021 | New York City
At last! Columbus and Caonabó: 1493–1498 Retold goes on sale today! See the reviews of historians and others under Reviews, as well as purchase links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and IndieBound (you select your participating independent...
by Andrew Rowen | Nov 4, 2021 | New York City
After Dominica and Marie-Galante, Columbus’s fleet anchored for a week (November 4–10, 1493) at the twin islands close to Marie-Galante that the Kalinago or Caribe inhabitants called Caloucaera and Couchoalaoua. Columbus named them as one—Santa María de Guadalupe...
