Editing History of Trinidad and Tobago (section)

=== Arrival of Columbus ===
The first-ever contact with Europeans occurred when Christopher Columbus, who was on his [[Voyages of Christopher Columbus|third voyage]] of exploration, arrived at noon on 31 July 1498.<ref>Carmichael (1961).</ref> He landed at a harbor he called Point Galera, while naming the island Trinidad, before proceeding into the [[Gulf of Paria]] via the [[Columbus Channel|Serpent's Mouth]] and the Caribbean Sea via [[Bocas del Dragon|Dragon's Mouth]].<ref name="Eric">{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Eric|title=History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago|date=1942|publisher=Eworld Inc.|location=Buffalo|isbn=978-1-61759-010-8|pages=1–4}}</ref>{{rp|7–8}} Tobago was seen by Columbus on 14 August 1498. He did not land,<ref name="Luke">{{Cite book|last=Luke|first=Learie B.|title=Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980|date=2007|publisher=University of the West Indies Press|isbn=978-9766401993|location=Kingston, Jamaica|oclc=646844096}}</ref>{{Rp|2}} but named the island ''Belaforme'', "because from a distance it seemed beautiful".<ref name="Boomert">{{Cite book|last=Boomert|first=Arie|title=The indigenous peoples of Trinidad and Tobago : from the first settlers until today|date=2016-01-15|isbn=9789088903540|location=Leiden|oclc=944910446}}</ref>{{Rp|84–85}}