Christopher Columbus — "I have come to serve at 28 years with this art of navigation."

"And I say that Your Highnesses ought to determine to make them Christians, for I believe that if they begin, in a short time they will be finished, and will have great revenues and dominion, and all t…"

"I found the people of this island and all the other islands to be very naked, as I have said, men and women, just as their mothers bore them, but they know not what it is to be shameful, nor to cover …"

"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"The people here are very timid, and are all naked, men and women, as their mothers bore them; and they have no weapons, nor know them, for I showed them swords, and they took them by the edge and cut …"

"I believe that there are many herbs and many trees which are worth much in Europe for dyes and for medicines."