Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in spite of the others.

The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly.

It is hoped that by God's assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered ... for the Glory of God.

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

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.

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass.