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Samana Cay
[suh-mah-nuh]
noun
a small, uninhabited island in the central Bahamas: now believed to be first land in the New World seen by Christopher Columbus 1492. 9 miles (14 km) long.
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After a five-year search and computerized scrutiny of documents, including Columbus' log, the society announced it was "98% certain" Columbus landed some 65 miles southeast of San Salvador on flat Samana Cay.
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It was only fifty years before that Columbus had dropped anchor off the coral reef of Samana Cay, and thrilled the Old World by announcing the discovery of the New.
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