“Columbus gave Europe a New World; [Alexander von] Humboldt made it known in its physical, material, intellectual, and moral aspects.” — José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero Copy Share Image
“No thoughts had I of anything, Or at least that's what I thought; I even thought I couldn't think, But now I… — Christopher Miller Copy Share Image
“Long before Christopher Columbus, the celebrated Chinese navigator Zheng He travelled through the south and westward maritime routes in the Indian Ocean… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
“Christopher Columbus and his brothers were no different from many of the Spanish adventurers of the time. They were a roughhewn lot,… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“At ten o'clock we arrived in Aspinwall, or, as it is always called there, Colon, this being the real name of the… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“If and when all the laws governing physical phenomena are finally discovered, and all the empirical constants occurring in these laws are… — George Gamow Copy Share Image