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1 " Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. "
― Cristoforo Colombo
2 " After your Highnesses ended the war of the Moors who reigned in Europe, and finished the war of the great city of Granada, where this present year [1492] on the 2nd January I saw the royal banners of Your Highnesses planted by force of arms on the towers of the Alhambra, which is the fortress of the said city, I saw the Moorish sultan issue from the gates of the said city, and kiss the royal hands of Your Highnesses … "
― Cristoforo Colombo , The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives
3 " The world is round. "
4 " You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. "
5 " The sea will grant each man new hopeThe sleep brings dreams of home. "
― Cristoforo Colombo , I, Columbus: My Journal 1492-1493
6 " So tractable, so peaceable are these people that I swear to your Majesties there is not in the world a better nation. They love their neighbors as themselves, and their discourse is ever sweet and gentle and accompanied with a smile; and though it is true that they are naked, yet their manners are decorous and praiseworthy. "
