Chart Authorities Oblivious Re: Nonexistent Island Along 'Thorny Path'

Rediscovering the Lost Port of Christopher Columbus

Jun 09, 2025

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Puerto Jackson as it appears today. That smudge just below the horizon at middle left is the sunken island of Jackson Cay.

“I saw an opening between large mountains that made a good and expansive port and with a good entrance, which I called Puerto Santo.”—from History of the Indies by Friar Bartolomé de las Casas, quoting Christopher Columbus

An island s…

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