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第六章 Age of Discovery 航海时代 (第9/46页)
ger carrack, Santa María, nicknamed Gallega (the Galician), and two smaller caravels, Pinta (the Painted) and Santa Clara, nicknamed Ni?a. Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands, where he restocked for what turned out to be a five–week voyage across the ocean, crossing a section of the Atlantic that became known as the Sargasso Sea. ??Land was sighted on 12 October 1492, and Columbus called the island (now The Bahamas) San Salvador, in what he thought to be the “West Indies”. Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba (landed on 28 October) and the northern coast of Hispaniola, by 5 December. He was received by the native cacique Guacanagari, who gave him permission to
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