Christopher Columbus Quote

Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God.… An old man came on board my boat; the others, both men and women cried with loud voices: "Come and see the men who have come from the sky. Bring them victuals and drink."


13 October 1492 - Journal of the First Voyage


Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God.… An old man...

Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God.… An old man...

Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God.… An old man...

Presently we discovered two or three villages, and the people all came down to the shore, calling out to us, and giving thanks to God.… An old man...