ISSN:
1745-6584
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
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Geosciences
Notes:
Samana Cay, Bahamas, is a leading candidate among the sites proposed as the first landfall of Columbus in the New World. One main point of contention against this identification is that Samana lacks a feature matching the laguna observed by Columbus in the middle of his landfall island. However, this argument has failed to consider the paleogeographic aspects of the problem. A hydrogeologic computer model suggests the existence of a sizable surface-water feature in the medial interior of Samana Cay under conditions theorized to have been present when Columbus arrived in the Bahamas. This feature may correspond to the laguna described by Columbus.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb02063.x
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