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Bay of Arrows of Christopher Columbus", "he gave the name of Golfos de las Flechas, or the Gulf of Arrows, but which is now known by the name of the Gulf of Samana". Morison also believed that the Bay of Arrows was located in the Bay of Samaná, but some historians disagree. According to Irving and Morison the Bay of Arrows is the present day Gulf of Samaná. Since the time Irving's book this was widely accepted. Robert Fuson wrote an annotated translation of the log of Christopher Columbus entitled "The Log of Christopher Columbus". In this translation Fuson suggests that Irving and