Did Christopher Columbus Have Intercourse with a Manatee?

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue but then in 1493 Columbus fucked a manatee.

What did Columbus write about mermaids?

"On the previous day [8 Jan 1493], when the Admiral went to the Rio del Oro [Haiti], he said he quite distinctly saw three mermaids, which rose well out of the sea; but they are not so beautiful as they are said to be, for their faces had some masculine traits." (Voyages of Columbus 218)."

What animal is called a mermaid?

In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.