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 Early Modern

Sailed to the Americas

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Journal of the First Voyage, October 12, 1492

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1492

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32688/32688-h/32688-h.htm

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