His brother Bartholomew and his youngest son Fernando, sail with him.
The little squadron sailed from the bay of Cadiz on the eleventh of May, 1502.

They touched at Sicilla,--a little port on the coast of Morocco,--to relieve its people, a Portuguese garrison, who had been besieged by the Moors.

But finding them out of danger, Columbus went at once to the Grand Canary island, and had a favorable passage.
From the Grand Canary to the island which he calls "the first island of the Indies," and which he named Martinino, his voyage was only seventeen days long.

This island was either the St.Lucia or the Martinique of today.

Hence he passed to Dominica, and thence crossed to San Domingo, to make repairs, as he said.