"One day to amuse ourselves, we went to this island and saw about 3000 of them, both large and small. We fired among them with our bombards from the sea."

"In search of Christians and spices."

"I will return to India, and I will make them pay."

"From there we sailed so far out to sea, without touching any port, that we soon had no water that we could drink. In order to eat, we had to cook in salt water. Our daily ration of water in fact was r…"

"My mission is to serve God and my King, and to bring glory to Portugal."