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The early morning of August 3 of 1492
Set sail of the port of Palos Christopher Columbus
in command of three ships and some ninety men,
with the aim of finding a west path towards the Indies.
After a stop in the Canary Islands, sailed to the West.
There were three ships, two caravels and a nao,
with provisions for one year.
La Pinta was property of Gomez Rascón and Cristóbal Quintero,
and we do not know if it was seized or leased,
although he said
"He didn't want to go to that trip after breaking the gobernalle."
It was a good sailing ship and its captain, Pinzon,
always tended to pre-empt the other ships.
The Niña was from Moguer owned by Juan Niño and actually called Santa Clara,
and was paid for by the people of Palos.
It was perhaps the best condition seafaring vessel.
The Santa Maria, aka the Gallega, was Juan de la Cosa, natural from Santoña
But neighbor to El Puerto de Santa Maria.
Colon, who captains,
got it while it was chartered in Rio Tinto on trade mission.
It was very heavy and "unfit for the job of discovering"
in the words of Columbus.
The three boats were well matched,
Construction sober and proper equipment.
The sailors were people of every type and condition, paid by the Crown.
They weren't soldiers but sailors,
wearing a blusón, a wool hat and barefoot.
Two hours after midnight on October 12 of 1492,
finally showed up the coast. It was an island called Guanahani.
In the light of the day, fell to earth Columbus and some men.
Columbus quickly made the formal ceremony
the inauguration of the island
on behalf of the King and Queen, their lords.
Although Columbus did not know, he had just discovered a new world.