After Having Dispatched A Meal, I Went

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.

I Should Be Judged As A Captain Who Went From Spain To The Indies To Conquer A People Numerous And Warlike, Whose Manners And Religion Are Very Different From Ours, Who Live In Sierras And Mountains, Without Fixed Settlements, And Where By Divine Will I Have Placed Under The Sovereignty Of The King And Queen Our Lords, An Other World, Whereby Spain, Which Was Reckoned Poor, Is Become The Richest Of Countries. Columbus Is Coming From The Indies As A Prisoner To Cadiz.

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.

Thus The Eternal God, Our Lord, Gives Victory To Those Who Follow His Way Over Apparent Impossibilities.

One Does Not Discover New Lands Without Consenting To Lose Sight Of The Shore For A Very Long Time. Variants Include "you Can Never Cross The Ocean Unless You Have The Courage To Lose Sight Of The Shore".