These people are very unskilled in arms… with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished. – Christopher Columbus
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. – Christopher Columbus
Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood. – Christopher Columbus
These people have no religion, neither are they idolaters, but are a very gentle race, without the knowledge of any iniquity; they neither kill, nor steal, nor carry weapons… they have a knowledge that there is a God above, and are firmly persuaded that we have come from heaven. – Christopher Columbus