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Answer: The journal covers events from 3 August 1492, when Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera to 15 March 1493, and includes a prologue addressing the sovereigns. Several contemporary references confirm that Columbus kept a journal of his voyage as a daily record of events and evidence for the Catholic Monarchs.