Kryštof Kolumbus citáty

„Nikdy nepřekonáš oceán, když se budeš bát, že ztratíš břeh z dohledu.“

—  Kryštof Kolumbus

„Moře dává novou naději tak, jako spánek dává sny.“

—  Kryštof Kolumbus

„Svět je kulatý.“

—  Kryštof Kolumbus

„Země! Země!“

—  Kryštof Kolumbus

„Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or wealth, that is certain; for then the hope of all such things was dead. I came to Your Highnesses with honest purpose and sincere zeal; and I do not lie. I humbly beseech You Highnesses that, if it please God to remove me hence, you will help me to go to Rome and on other pilgrimages.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

Letter to the Sovereigns (1503)

„I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion are very different from ours, who live in sierras and mountains, without fixed settlements, and where by divine will I have placed under the sovereignty of the King and Queen our Lords, an Other World, whereby Spain, which was reckoned poor, is become the richest of countries.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

Letter to Doña Juana de Torres (October 2015)

„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.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

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.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

"Concerning the Islands Recently Discovered in the Indian Sea" (14 March 1493)

„When there are such lands there should be profitable things without number.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

27 November 1492
Journal of the First Voyage

„One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

Misattributed

„The Admiral ordered the lord to be given some things, and he and all his folk rested in great contentment, believing truly that they had come from the sky, and to see the Christians they held themselves very fortunate.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

22 December 1492
Journal of the First Voyage

„I certify to Your Highnesses that in the world I believe that there are no better people nor better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and have a speech that is sweetest in the world, and mild and always laughing.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

25 December 1492
Journal of the First Voyage

„The world is round.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

„Here the men lost all patience, and complained of the length of the voyage, but the Admiral encouraged them in the best manner he could, representing the profits they were about to acquire, and adding that it was to no purpose to complain, having come so far, they had nothing to do but continue on to the Indies, till with the help of our Lord, they should arrive there.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

10 October 1492
Variant translation: Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain, he had come [to go] to the Indies, and so had to continue it until he found them, with the help of Our Lord.
As translated in Journals and Other Documents on the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1963) by Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 62
Journal of the First Voyage

„Variants include "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

Actually by André Gide.
Misattributed

„Saw pardelas and a green rush near the vessel. The crew of the Pinta saw a cane and a log; they also picked up a stick which appeared to have been carved with an iron tool, a piece of cane, a plant which grows on land, and a board. The crew of the Nina saw other signs of land, and a stalk loaded with rose berries. These signs encouraged them, and they all grew cheerful.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

11 October 1492
Journal of the First Voyage

„I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown. I am greatly supported in this view by reason of this great river, and by this sea which is fresh.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

Journal of the Third Voyage (1498)

„Thanks be to God," says the Admiral; "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

8 October 1492
Journal of the First Voyage

„I came to serve you at the age of 28 and now I have not a hair on me that is not white, and my body is infirm and exhausted. All that was left to me and my brothers has been taken away and sold, even to the cloak that I wore, without hearing or trial, to my great dishonor.“

—  Cristoforo Colombo

Letter to the Sovereigns (1503)