Final Voyage

Columbus set out from Cadiz in May, 1502, in command of four old, worm-eaten ships. He sailed to the region of his discoveries, where he continued to search, in vain, for a direct passage from Cuba to Asia. Two of his ships had to be abandoned, and finally, in June, 1503, the other two ran aground at Santa Gloria (now St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica). Columbus remained there until the spring of 1504, when two relief ships arrived.