Kryštof Kolumbus citáty
Kryštof Kolumbus
Datum narození: 1451
Datum úmrtí: 20. květen 1506
Kryštof Kolumbus byl janovský mořeplavec a kolonizátor narozený v Janovské republice v dnešní severozápadní Itálii. Ve službách Katolických králů Španělska uskutečnil čtyři plavby přes Atlantský oceán, které v Evropě probudily zájem o nový kontinent, později nazvaný Amerika. Tyto výpravy a Kolumbovy snahy o založení trvalých sídel na Hispaniole zahájily španělskou kolonizaci, která vyústila v soutěž evropských mocností o kolonizaci Jižní i Severní Ameriky.
Citáty Kryštof Kolumbus
„I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.“
3 August 1492 diary entry http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus1.html
Journal of the First Voyage
„I promise this, that if I am supported by our most invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as they will need, indeed as much of spices, of cotton, of mastic gum (which is only found in Chios), also as much of aloes wood, and as many slaves for the navy, as their Majesties will wish to demand.“
"Concerning the Islands Recently Discovered in the Indian Sea" (14 March 1493)
„When there are such lands there should be profitable things without number.“
27 November 1492
Journal of the First Voyage
„Variants include "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."“
Actually by André Gide.
Misattributed
„And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this was the end and the beginning of the enterprise, that it should be for the enhancement and glory of the Christian religion, nor should anyone who is not a good Christian come to these parts.“
27 November 1492
Journal of the First Voyage