This he did, sailing from Cadiz on the 9th or 10th of May to ercilla on the Morocco coast, where he anchored on the 13th.
"Christopher Columbus, Volume 7 And The New World Of His Discovery, A Narrative"
Filson Young
We read of ercilla, whose epic poem, the Arancana, has admirers out of Spain, that he wrote it amidst the incessant toils and dangers of a campaign against barbarians, without shelter, and with nothing to write on but small scraps of waste paper, and often only leather; struggling at once against enemies and surrounding circumstances.
"Methods of Authors"
Hugo Erichsen
The squadron sailed from Cadiz on the 9th of May, and passed over to ercilla, on the coast of Morocco, where it anchored on the 13th.
"The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)"
Washington Irving
