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Updated: July 28, 2025
Those natives who had been brought to Spain on his first voyage, and those who had been delivered from captivity, declared that it was called Madanina, and that it was inhabited exclusively by women. The Spaniards had, in fact, heard this island spoken of during their first voyage.
The north wind renders this island unapproachable, and it can only be reached when the wind is in the south-west. While still in view of Madanina at a distance of about forty miles, the Spaniards passed another island, which, according to the accounts of the natives, was very populous and rich in foodstuffs of all kinds. As this island was very mountainous they named it Montserrat.
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