Pinzón came within about 15 leagues of La Navidad
… But the Admiral chose to linger and coast the island Juana and the Española, since it was all one course to the east. After Martín Alonso went to the island Baneque he found, so he says, no gold at all, and he came to the coast of the Española on the report of other Indians who told him that on that island Española, which the Indians called Bohío, there was a great quantity of gold and many mines; and for this reason he came near the town of La Navidad, some 15 leagues off, and at that time it had been more than twenty days; from which it seems that the news the Indians gave was true, on account of which King Guacanagarí sent the canoa, and the Admiral the sailor, and he must have been gone when the canoa arrived. And the Admiral says here that the caravel traded for much gold, that for the tag of a lace point they gave him good pieces of gold the size of two fingers, and sometimes as big as the hand; and the Martín Alonso took half, and the other half was shared out among the people. The Admiral adds, saying to the Sovereigns: …