FOOTNOTES:
[12] A caravel was a small light bark, more fitted to sail on a river than to cross the stormy seas.
[13] Salvador, Spanish for Saviour.
[14] A copper coin of Spain, thirty-four of which are worth one real.
[15] Navidad, Spanish for Nativity.
[16] Trinidad, Spanish for Trinity.
[17] Gracias a Dios, Spanish for "Thanks be to God."
[18] See Washington Irving.
[19] Now called Panama.