Your Highnesses have an Other World here, by which our holy faith can be so greatly advanced and from which such great wealth can be drawn.
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I came to serve you at the age of 28 and now I have not a hair on me that is not white, and my body is infirm and exhausted. All that was left to me and my brothers has been taken away and sold, even to the cloak that I wore, without hearing or trial, to my great dishonor.Christopher Columbus
He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.
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 it, so fragrant it is.'
Christopher Columbus
I believe that this land which your Highnesses have commanded me to discover is very great, and that there are many other lands in the south of which there have never been reports.
Christopher Columbus
Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.
Christopher Columbus
And the sea will grant each man new hope . . . his sleep brings dreams of home.
Christopher Columbus
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