On the other hand, his other writings continued to claim that he had reached Asia, such as a 1502 letter to Pope Alexander VI where he asserted that Cuba was the east coast of Asia.
矛盾的是，哥伦布的其他一些书写资料一直都声称他到达了亚洲，比如在1502年给教皇亚历山大六世的一封信中，他断言古巴是亚洲的东岸。