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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus[a] (/kəˈlʌmbəs/ before 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages and his efforts to establish settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the permanent European colonization of the New World.

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A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to ten (years old) are now in demand.

Dealers, Demand, Girl, Nine, Old

The sea will grant each man new hope, and sleep will bring dreams of home.

Bring, Dream, Grant, Home, Ocean, Sleep

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Chosen, Goal, May, Prevailing, School

He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.

Gold, Send, Soul, Souls, Wish, World

I came to serve you at the age of 28 and now I have not a hair on me that is not white, and my body is infirm and exhausted. All that was left to me and my brothers has been taken away and sold, even to the cloak that I wore, without hearing or trial, to my great dishonor.

Brother, Hair, Hearing, Serve, Taken, Wore

I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown. I am greatly supported in this view by reason of this great river [Ozama], and by this sea which is fresh.

Believe, Hitherto, Ozama, Sea, Views

It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they possess, that no one would believe it without having seen it. Of anything they have, if you ask them for it, they never say no; rather they invite the person to share it, and show as much love as if they were giving their hearts. This letter, the first and rarest of all printed Americana, describes the scenery and the natives of Hispaniola.

Believe, Fear, Heart, Letter, Lost, Rarest

I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.

Certain, East, Gone, Hitherto, Land, Proceed

An old man came on board my boat; the others, both men and women cried with loud voices: "Come and see the men who have come from the sky. Bring them victuals and drink. "

Board, Bring, Loud Voices, Men, Sky, Victuals

Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.

Depart, Land, Morning, See, Tomorrow

"Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is. "

Air, April, Pleasure, Thanks

I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who have written on this subject demonstrate and prove, as do the eclipses of the moon and other experiments that are made from east to west, and the elevation of the North Star from north to south.

East, Land, Moon, Stars, Water

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.

Beautiful, Flower, Kindness, Says, Trees

Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.

Eternal, Giving, God, Impossibilities, Victory, Way

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

Air, Clouds, Delicious, Fragrant, Wind

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Gold, Possesses, Soul, Treasure, Wish, World

3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime. According to some ancient manuscripts 9 is not a prime number, but beyond the distant horizon of the oceans, in the New World that I am going to discover, there are surely lots of them.

According, Horizon, Number, Numbers, Ocean, Prime

The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, [and] herbs to drink the smoke thereof, as they are accustomed. The first certain reference in history to smoking tobacco.

Christian, Men, Hands, Smoke, Firebrand, People

And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and goodness is in the sky, and they believe very firmly that I, with these ships and people, came from the sky, and in this belief they everywhere received me, after they had overcome their fear.

Believe, Fear, Goodness, Power, Sky

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. The working out of all things has been assigned to each person by our Lord, but it all happens according to His sovereign will, even though He gives advice. He lacks nothing that is in the power of men to give Him. Oh, what a gracious Lord, who desires that people should perform for Him those things for which He holds Himself responsible! Day and night, moment by moment, everyone should express their most devoted gratitude to Him.

Gratitude, Intention, Men, Night, Perform, Though

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