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For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

— Christopher Columbus

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

— 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…

— Christopher Columbus

“The sea will grant each man new hope The sleep brings dreams of home.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Christopher Columbus