"Cayman (Crocodile) Islands”
After cruising off Jamaica island for another 2-3 days until Captain Garcia recovered, Santa Maria sailed again at the end of the third day, heading west and crossing the Caribbean Sea to the Americas.
By August 1511, Santa Maria, moving along the Caribbean Sea, was moving slowly in dangerous waters that could be considered quite shallow towards the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. According to Bruno"s estimates, they would have reached the American continent in about 2 months if there were no setbacks.
As he left the island of Hispaniola, Garcia, who had studied the northern part of the island from afar, could not believe his eyes. A Spanish colony almost the size of a small city was established on the northern part of the island. Even the galleon ship
