“They are all very level, without mountains, exceedingly fertile and populous, the inhabitants living at war with one another, although a simple race, and with delicate bodies.”
About This Quote
This document is the from the journal of Columbus in his voyage of 1492. Columbus describes natives he encountered on an island.
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