"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"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 re…"

"I have taken possession of all these islands for their Highnesses."

"I am the saddest man in the world, because I do not recognize them."

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