"I arrived at the Indies with the fleet which the Sovereigns, our Lord and Lady, sent me. I had not been there twenty days when I discovered by my own experience that the whole of that land is an islan…"

"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."

"I am a most wretched man; I am stripped of my honor, my wealth, and everything I possessed."

"The earth is not round as a ball, but pear-shaped."

"I am not the first Admiral of my family."