ocr: PORTENTSOFCHANGE The Living Climate SUBCHAPTERS turned. The crew exulted at the sight of the Jamaican coastline, where dark, misty forests ran down to the water and cloud-wrapped peaks rose high into the warm tropical winds. To Columbus, these elements seemedsomehow to be linked. His son later reportedi in his account of his fathers svoyages: "The sky, air, and climate were just the same as in other places; every afternoon there was a rain squall that lasted for about an hour. The Admiral writes that he attributes this to the great forests of that land; he knew from experience that formerly th ...
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