[167-3] Columbus gave Cuba the name Juana “in memory of Prince Juan the heir of Castile.” Historie, p. 83.
[167-4] “In leaving the cape or eastern point of Cuba he gave it the name Alpha and Omega, which means beginning and end, for he believed that this cape was the end of the mainland in the Orient.” Las Casas, I. 360.
[168-1] The port of St. Nicholas Mole, in Hayti. (Navarrete.)
[168-2] Cape of St. Nicholas. (Id.)
[168-3] Punta Palmista. (Id.)
[168-4] Puerto Escudo. (Id.)
[168-5] The channel between Tortuga Island and the main.
[168-6] Tortoise.
[169-1] Atalayas, “watchtowers.”
[169-2] This method of giving names in honor of the saint on whose day a new cape or river was discovered was very commonly followed during the period of discoveries, and sometimes the date of a discovery, or the direction of a voyage, or other data can be verified by comparing the names given with the calender.