Christopher Columbus

Found 5 thoughts of Christopher Columbus

I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.

Christopher Columbus

Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood.

Christopher Columbus

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

Christopher Columbus

Continued their course west till the afternoon, then southwest and discovered that what they had taken for land was nothing but clouds.

Christopher Columbus

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

Christopher Columbus