"As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force."

"The people here have no religion."

"I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjo…"

"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…"

"I believe that in these lands there are many things which are not known, and which are not seen, and which are not heard, and which are not known, and which are not seen, and which are not heard."