Columbus reaches Gran Canaria on his fourth voyage for water and wood

… The Captain held the visit and offer in great favor, and sent to visit him and give him thanks, with some gentlemen who were with him, some of whom were kinsmen of Doña Felipa Moñiz, who was the Admiral’s wife in Portugal, as we said in the first book. The same day he set sail, and they reached Gran Canaria on the 20th of the same month of May; they took on water and wood, and, I believe on the 25th, raised sails for their voyage. They had very prosperous weather, so that without touching the sails they sighted the island that we call, and the Indians call, Matininó, the last long one, on the 15th of June. There the Admiral let the people go ashore, that they might refresh themselves, and rest, and wash their clothes, and gather water and wood at their pleasure, all that seafarers desire on long voyages; they stayed there three days, and from there departed, going among many islands, very fresh and notable, like one going among gardens, though they are 5 and 6, and 10 and 12 leagues apart from one another. …