File:Americae Pars Qvarta 12.jpg

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Christopher Columbus at the Isle of Pearls in the Caribbean

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English: Image print 12 from the book :

Americae pars quarta, siue, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M.CCCCXCII -/-

America part Four, or, the remarkable & admirable history of the first discovery of West Indies by Christopher Columbus, in the year 1492.

Page Text: Perlarum insula ob vnionum copiam sic dicta. Tertia in Indiam expeditione, Columbus sinum Pariensem ingressus, Cubaguam appulit, quam ipse Perlarum Insulam nuncupauit, quia quum eum sinum nauibus persurreret, Indos e lintre ostreas piscantes conspexit:

Translation: The island of pearls is so called because of its abundance of pearls. On his third expedition to India, Columbus entered the Gulf of Paris and landed at Cubagua, which he called the Isle of Pearls, because when he was passing the bay with his ships, he saw the Indians fishing for oysters from their boats:
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Americae pars Quarta, 1594

https://archive.org/details/americaeparsqvar00benz
Author Theodor De Bry

https://archive.org/details/americaeparsqvar00benz/page/n185/mode/2up

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