Top 28 Quotes by Christopher Columbus

About Christopher Columbus

These are some quotes by Italian author Christopher Columbus Explorer, who lived between 1451 and 1506.

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

Christopher Columbus

Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

Christopher Columbus

My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.

My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.

Christopher Columbus

Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.

Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.

Christopher Columbus

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.

Christopher Columbus

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Christopher Columbus

I believe that there are many herbs and many trees that are worth much in Europe for dyes and for medicines; but I do not know, and this causes me great sorrow. Arriving at this cape, I found the smell of the trees and flowers so delicious that it seemed the pleasantest thing in the world.

Christopher Columbus

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.

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.

Christopher Columbus

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