The Air Soft As That

I Found That Part Of It Towards San Salvador Extending From North To South Five Leagues, And The Other Side Which We Coasted Along, Ran From East To West More Than Ten Leagues.

The Tempest Was Terrible And Separated Me From My [other] Vessels That Night, Putting Every One Of Them In Desperate Straits, With Nothing To Look Forward To But Death. Each Was Certain The Others Had Been Destroyed. What Man Ever Born, Not Excepting Job, Who Would Not Have Died Of Despair, When In Such Weather Seeking Safety For My Son, My Brother, Shipmates, And Myself, We Were Forbidden [access To] The Land And The Harbors Which I, By God's Will And Sweating Blood, Had Won For Spain?

For The Execution Of The Voyage To The Indies, I Did Not Make Use Of Intelligence, Mathematics Or Maps.

It Is True That After They Have Been Reassured And Have Lost This Fear, They Are So Artless And So Free With All They Possess, That No One Would Believe It Without Having Seen It. Of Anything They Have, If You Ask Them For It, They Never Say No; Rather They Invite The Person To Share It, And Show As Much Love As If They Were Giving Their Hearts.

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.