بعد أن فرغنا من تناول الطعام، نزلتُ إلى البرّ، فلم أجد أثرًا لسكن سوى بيتٍ واحد، وكان خاليًا من ساكنيه؛ ولم نشكّ في أن أهله فرّوا خوفًا من اقترابنا، فالبيت مؤثثٌ بالكامل.

“After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.”Christopher Columbus — Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain (1827)