Christopher Columbus Quotes - Page 2

• Con este fin, decidí llevar un registro del viaje y anotar puntualmente todo lo que hiciéramos o viéramos día a día, como se verá más adelante.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Escritura, Viaje, Propósito

  Cristóbal Colón, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). "Narrativa personal del primer viaje de Colón a América: De un manuscrito recientemente descubierto en España", p.11

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• 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.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Stars, Moon, Land

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

  Cristóbal Colón

  Alma, Deseo, Oro

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• 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."

  Cristóbal Colón

  Men, Loud Voices, Sky

  "Journal of the First Voyage". Book by Bartolomé de Las Casas. Entry for October 13, 1492,

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• The crew of the caravel "Nina" also saw signs of land, and a small branch covered with berries. Everyone breathed afresh and rejoiced at these signs.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Land, Berries, Branches

  Christopher Columbus, Clements R. Markham (2010). “Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voyage, 1492-93): And Documents Relating the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real”, p.35, Cambridge University Press

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• El aire suave como el de Sevilla en abril, y tan fragante que era delicioso respirarlo.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Nubes, aire, viento

  Christopher Columbus (2012). “First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria"”, p.66, Courier Corporation

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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.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Girl, Demand, Nine

  "Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery" by Eric Kasum, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2010.

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• Sus casas están construidas en forma de tiendas de campaña, con chimeneas muy altas.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Casa, Formas, Tiendas

  Cristóbal Colón, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). "Narrativa personal del primer viaje de Colón a América: De un manuscrito recientemente descubierto en España", p.50

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• Your Highnesses have an Other World here, by which our holy faith can be so greatly advanced and from which such great wealth can be drawn.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Faith, Other Worlds, Wealth

  Letter to the Sovereigns, Third Voyage, October 18, 1498.

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

  Cristóbal Colón

  Air, April, Thanks

  "Journal of the First Voyage". Book by Bartolomé de Las Casas. Entry for October 08, 1492,

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• Después de haber despachado una comida, bajé a tierra y no encontré más morada que una sola casa, y ésta sin ocupante; no dudábamos de que la gente había huido despavorida al vernos, pues la casa estaba completamente amueblada.

  Cristóbal Colón

  People, House, Doubt

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.55

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• I went to sea from the most tender age and have continued in a sea life to this day. Whoever gives himself up to this art wants to know the secrets of Nature here below. It is more than forty years that I have been thus engaged. Wherever any one has sailed, there I have sailed.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Art, Years, Sea

  Christopher Columbus, Edward Everett Hale (2017). “The Life of Christopher Columbus – Discover The True Story of the Great Voyage & All the Adventures of the Infamous Explorer”, p.6, Madison & Adams Press

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• 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.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Land, East, Gone

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.10

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• Es cierto que después de que se les ha tranquilizado y han perdido ese miedo, son tan arteros y tan libres con todo lo que poseen, que nadie lo creería sin haberlo visto. De todo lo que tienen, si se les pide, nunca dicen que no; más bien invitan a la persona a compartirlo, y muestran tanto amor como si estuvieran dando su corazón.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Miedo, Creer, Corazón

  "Letter to the Sovereigns" by Christopher Columbus, 1493.

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• Vine a servirte a la edad de 28 años y ahora no tengo un pelo que no esté blanco, y mi cuerpo está enfermo y agotado. Todo lo que nos quedaba a mí y a mis hermanos nos ha sido quitado y vendido, hasta el manto que vestía, sin audiencia ni juicio, para mi gran deshonra.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Brother, Taken, Hair

  Letter to the Sovereigns, Fourth Voyage, July 07, 1503.

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• And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect of Mohammet and of all idolatries and heresies, resolved to send me, Christopher Columbus, to the said

  Cristóbal Colón

  Christian, Catholic, Enemy

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• Ordené que a cada hombre se le obsequiara con algo, como sartas de diez o una docena de cuentas de vidrio cada una, y correas de cuero, todo lo cual valoraron mucho; a los que subieron a bordo les ordené que fueran alimentados con melaza.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Men, Glasses, Dozen

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.46

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• No tengo interés en examinarlo todo aquí, lo que no podría hacerse en cincuenta años, porque mi deseo es hacer todos los descubrimientos posibles y volver a vuestras Altezas, si le place a nuestro Señor, en abril.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Discovery, Years, Desire

  Cristóbal Colón, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). "Narrativa personal del primer viaje de Colón a América: De un manuscrito recientemente descubierto en España", p.54

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• Of this voyage, I observe, that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal miracles that He has shown on the voyage, and for me, who for so great a time was in the court of Your Highnesses with the opposition and against the opinion of so many high personages of your household, who were all against me, alleging this undertaking to be folly, which I hope in Our Lord will be to the greater glory of Christianity, which to some slight extent already has happened.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Time, Writing, Miracle

  "Journal of the First Voyage". Book by Bartolomé de Las Casas. Entry for March 15, 1493,

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• Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain, he had come [to go] to the Indies, and so had to continue it until he found them, with the help of Our Lord.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Long, People, Complaining

  Reported in Bartolome de las Casas, Journal of the First Voyage, 10 Oct. 1492 (translation by Samuel Eliot Morison)

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• 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.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Beautiful, Kindness, Flower

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• 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.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Believe, Views, Sea

  Journal of the Third Voyage (May - August 1498), 1498.

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• Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for then the hope of all such things was dead. I came to Your Highnesses with honest purpose and sincere zeal; and I do not lie. I humbly beseech Your Highnesses that, if it please God to remove me hence, you will help me to go to Rome and on other pilgrimages.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Hope, Honesty, Lying

  Lettera Rarissima to the Sovereigns, Fourth Voyage, July 7, 1503.

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• 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.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Fear, Believe, Sky

  Christopher Columbus (1959). “A new and fresh English translation of the letter of Columbus announcing the discovery of America”

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• The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, herbs to drink the smoke thereof, as they are accustomed.

  Cristóbal Colón

  Cristiano, Hombres, Manos

  "Christopher Columbus: Journal of the First Voyage". Book by Christopher Columbus (journal entry dated November 6, 1492), 1492-1493.

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