[761] Select Letters of Columbus, p. 19, et seq.

[762] Memorial addressed by Columbus to Antonio de Torres, for Ferdinand and Isabella, from the city of Isabella, dated Jan. 30th, 1494, in “Select Letters of Columbus,” p. 73, et seq.

[763] Memorial, p. 79.

[764] This word is said to be derived from the Indian name for this tempest, Urican.—W. Irving, p. 201.

[765] Letter of Columbus to Doña Juana de la Torres, in “Select Letters of Columbus,” pp. 153 and 158.

[766] Voyages of Columbus, vol. iii. p. 164.

[767] Letter of Columbus from Jamaica, “Select Letters,” p. 20.

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