Christopher Columbus — "I saw no great trees, but many groves of palms, all very green and fair; and the…"

I saw no great trees, but many groves of palms, all very green and fair; and the whole island was so green that it was a joy to behold. And I saw no mountains, but some hills and rocks, and all the rest was flat, and very plain, and very green. And I saw no mountains, but some hills and rocks, and all the rest was flat, and very plain, and very green.
Christopher Columbus — Christopher Columbus Early Modern · Sailed to the Americas

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Journal of the First Voyage, October 12, 1492

Date: 1492

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