One Does Not Discover New Lands Without

Following The Light Of The Sun, We Left The Old World.

Their Houses Are All Built In The Shape Of Tents, With Very High Chimneys.

And I Say That Your Highnesses Ought Not To Consent That Any Foreigner Does Business Or Sets Foot Here, Except Christian Catholics, Since This Was The End And The Beginning Of The Enterprise, That It Should Be For The Enhancement And Glory Of The Christian Religion, Nor Should Anyone Who Is Not A Good Christian Come To These Parts.

Gold Is The Most Precious Of All Commodities; Gold Constitutes Treasure, And He Who Possesses It Has All He Needs In The World, As Also The Means Of Rescuing Souls From Purgatory, And Restoring Them To The Enjoyment Of Paradise.

It Was The Lord Who Put Into My Mind That Fact That It Would Be Possible To Sail From Here To The Indies. All Who Heard Of My Project Rejected It With Laughter, Ridiculing Me. There Is No Question That The Inspiration Was From The Holy Spirit, Because He Comforted Me With Rays Of Marvelous Inspiration From The Holy Scriptures.