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title: "4 April Quotes By Christopher Columbus"
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> [The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/the-air-soft-as-that-of-seville-in-april-and-so-fragrant-that-it-was/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

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> [Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/thanks-be-to-god-says-the-admiral-the-air-is-soft-as-in-april-in/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

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> [Thanks be to God, the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/thanks-be-to-god-the-air-is-soft-as-in-april-in-seville-and-it-is-a/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

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> [I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/i-am-not-solicitous-to-examine-particularly-everything-here-which/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

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## More by Christopher Columbus

> [For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/for-the-execution-of-the-voyage-to-the-indies-i-did-not-make-use-of/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/the-air-soft-as-that-of-seville-in-april-and-so-fragrant-that-it-was/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/and-your-highnesses-as-catholic-christians-and-princes-devoted-to-the/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [“The sea will grant each man new hope The sleep brings dreams of home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/the-sea-will-grant-each-man-new-hope-the-sleep-brings-dreams-of-home/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [Your Highnesses have an Other World here, by which our holy faith can be so greatly advanced and from which such great wealth can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/your-highnesses-have-an-other-world-here-by-which-our-holy-faith-can/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/thanks-be-to-god-says-the-admiral-the-air-is-soft-as-in-april-in/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/it-is-true-that-after-they-have-been-reassured-and-have-lost-this/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/the-admiral-says-that-he-never-beheld-so-fair-a-thing-trees-all-along/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/of-this-voyage-i-observe-says-the-admiral-that-it-has-miraculously/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/sailed-this-day-nineteen-leagues-and-determined-to-count-less-than/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/for-this-purpose-i-determined-to-keep-an-account-of-the-voyage-and-to/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/and-i-say-that-your-highnesses-ought-not-to-consent-that-any/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [It is easy to discover what another has discovered before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/it-is-easy-to-discover-what-another-has-discovered-before/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/as-soon-as-i-arrived-in-the-indies-in-the-first-island-which-i-found/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

> [Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/tomorrow-morning-before-we-depart-i-intend-to-land-and-see-what-can/)

[Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/)

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