Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
AdventureDiscoveryIntuitionNavigationCourage For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
PerseveranceNavigationOvercoming FearDiscoveryResilience Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.
NavigationVisibilitySafetyRisk Basically what I'm trying to tell you is that it's almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you're in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turn black at night. Listen, I don't recommend it.
ExplorationIndigenous CulturesNavigationGold and Pearls The Indians on board said that thence to Cuba was a voyage in their canoes of a day and a half; these being small dug-outs without a sail. Such are their canoes. I departed thence for Cuba, for by the signs the Indians made of its greatness, and of its gold and pearls, I thought that it must be Cipango.