Short of Monte Cristi Columbus finds four very low sand islets

… it has the shape of a very beautiful tent, and he named it Monte-Cristi; it lies due east of Cabo Santo, and it will be some 18 leagues. That day, the wind being very slight, he could not reach Monte-Cristi by 6 leagues. He found four sand islets, very low, with a reef that ran far out to the northwest and stretched far to the southeast. Inside there is a great gulf that runs from the said mount a good 20 leagues to the southeast, which must be all shallow, with many banks, and inside it along the whole coast many rivers that are not navigable, although that seaman whom the Admiral sent with the canoe for news of the Pinta said that he saw a river that ships could enter. The Admiral anchored there, six leagues from Monte-Cristi, in 19 fathoms, standing out to sea to keep clear of the many shoals and reefs there were there, and there he stayed that night. The Admiral gives the advice that whoever has to go to the Villa de la Navidad, on sighting Monte-Cristi, should stand 2 leagues out to sea, etc.; …