The interview ended in an offer by the king to the Admiral of all that he had.

The explorers never found this mysterious Babeque, unless, as Bishop Las Casas guessed, Babeque and Jamaica be the same.
The king visited Columbus on his ship in the evening, and Columbus entertained him with European food.

With so cordial a beginning of intimacy, it was natural that the visitors should spend two or three days with these people.

The king would not believe that any sovereigns of Castile could be more powerful than the men he saw.

He and those around him all believed that they came direct from heaven.
Columbus was always asking for gold.