No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.