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have called Santa Ursula. The earliest Spanish charts of the islands identify San Tomes (St
Thomas), San Juan (St John), Tortola (Turtledove) and Virgen Gorda (Fat Virgin).
After sailing past the Virgins, Columbus traveled to the west to Vieques, Puerto Rico and
Jamaica for the first time, and revisited Cuba and Hispaniola, which he had encountered on
his first voyage.
