Colon visited several islands on his journey.
Canary Islands: ( formed by volcanic eruptions. Highest elevation 12,198 feet. Subtropical climate.
San Salvador Island: <em>very flat and with very green trees</em> were his words, with a surrounding reef and lake in the middle.
Cuba: formed by bays, keys, reefs and islets. Known as the "Pearl of the Antilles".
Santa Maria Island: generally flat, however, it gets hilly towards the norht
Dominic Republic: mountainous in the central and west, while extensive lowlands are found in the southeast. There are four significant mountain ranges in the Dominican Republic,
Jamaica: mountainous, with peaks of over 2,100 m (7,000 ft) in the Blue Mountains, which dominate the eastern part of the island; the highest point on the island is Blue Mountain Peak, at 2,256 m (7,402 ft) above sea level.
Trinidad: Three important hill ranges, extensive swamp areas.
A disease-ridden, bug-infested swamp with bad water: what a place to found a colony! But there were advantages as well to what was chosen as the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
To learn more about each reason contributing to the selection of Jamestown in 1607, click on the title next to each of the six images below.
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Inventions helped determine the very shape of the West. The telegraph instantly connected Americans across thousands of miles; railroads killed some towns and gave birth to others; the gun quickly established the settlers' dominance over the country; and barbed wire created vast ranching empires.
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Jerusalem is sacred to Jews, Arabs (Muslims), and Christians.
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