I'm Telling You That India Is That

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.

Tomorrow Morning Before We Depart, I Intend To Land And See What Can Be Found In The Neighborhood.

For This Purpose I Determined To Keep An Account Of The Voyage, And To Write Down Punctually Every Thing We Performed Or Saw From Day To Day, As Will Hereafter Appear.

I Found That Part Of It Towards San Salvador Extending From North To South Five Leagues, And The Other Side Which We Coasted Along, Ran From East To West More Than Ten Leagues.

For The Execution Of The Voyage To The Indies, I Did Not Make Use Of Intelligence, Mathematics Or Maps.