Drake’s men killed a hundred turtles in two nights at the Cayman Islands.

Evidence

In the Islands of Caimaines we killed an hundred in two nights, where we killed also many Aligartas, aforesaid, & there with refreshed our people greatlie. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2975

Categorization

  • FICTION: This 100-turtles-in-two-nights provisioning stop in the Caymans is a concrete, placeable event usable in the narrative spine.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2975