It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit...
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"I prayed to the most merciful Lord about my heart's great desire, and He gave me the spirit and the intelligence for the task: seafaring, astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, skill in drafting spherical m…"
"The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home."
"I have seen so many strange things that I do not know what to say."
"The people here are simple in war-like matters... I could take them all with 50 men and subjugate them to my will."
"I went to sea from the most tender age and have continued in a sea life to this day."
From his personal writings, expressing belief in divine inspiration for his voyages.
Date: Late 15th - early 16th century (approximate)
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