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

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Christopher Columbus

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

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Christopher Columbus

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

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Christopher Columbus

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

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Christopher Columbus

Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals continued our course in the morning and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.

Morning