For This Purpose I Determined To Keep

These People Are Very Unskilled In Arms... With 50 Men They Could All Be Subjected And Made To Do All That One Wished.

He Who Has Gold Makes And Accomplishes Whatever He Wishes In The World And Finally Uses It To Send Souls To Paradise.

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 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.

Nothing That Results In Human Progress Is Achieved With Unanimous Consent. Those That Are Enlightened Before The Others Are Condemned To Pursue That Light In Spite Of The Others.