"The Admiral says that he never saw a more beautiful thing, with trees all along the river, beautiful and green and different from ours."

"I saw no great trees, but many groves of palms, all very green and fair; and the whole island was so green that it was a joy to behold. And I saw no mountains, but some hills and rocks, and all the re…"

"I vow that I will never again set foot on land unless it is to return to Spain."

"They are so simple, that they believe that all the world and all the people are in heaven, and that they come from there, and that they are the first that ever came from there, and that they are the f…"

"It is easy to discover what another has discovered before."