Christopher Columbus Quote

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished.


Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America (ed. 1827)


After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the...

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the...

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the...

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the...