“Here the fish are so dissimilar to ours that it is wonderful. Some are shaped like dories, of the finest hues in the world, blue, yellow, red, and every other color, some variegated with a thousand different tints, so beautiful that no one on beholding them could fail to express the highest wonder and admiration.”
About This Quote
Columbus describes fish he found in the Caribbean. This document is the from the journal of Columbus in his voyage of 1492.
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