In July of the year 1498, Columbus had the unluckiness on this trip of entering a dead space in the ocean where wind and ocean currents die and the heat is deadly. After a little more than a week the crew was saved by a south-easterly that pushed them westward. Changing course to the north prevented Columbus from discovering South America but it did bring him to an island with 3 mountain peaks. Columbus named it Trinidad. When Christopher arrived on these shores the Arawaks were so jealous by the sight of his huge ships which made their little hand carved canoes look like a joke, they treated him and his crew with great deference.
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