For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
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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.
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Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.
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Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.
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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.
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