At any rate it is clear to me that, somewhere to the west, these two great lands that we see to the north and south join.

Now that men who have, with much toil and risk, made a discovery of a new land should claim it, for their king, seems to me fair and right; but not that they should claim sole traffic, with lands of whose very existence they know nothing; and therefore, although it is true that the pope has given these western islands to Spain, I see not how he can give to them land not, as yet, discovered.
"If there is, as the natives in the islands say, a land lying somewhere to the west, where gold is abundant, I see no reason why, if we are first there, we should not gather great stores.

The bales and boxes, that were brought round from London, contain a great quantity of all the things that are, as the Spaniard told me, most prized by the natives.

Glass beads of all sorts and kinds, vessels of brass, iron hatchets and arrowheads, hawk bells, mirrors, and trinkets.

The venture is, I admit, a perilous one; but if we succeed, every man on board will have a share in the profit." Reuben then explained the arrangements he had made, with the owners, for the division of such treasure as they might bring home.
"That is a fair proposal," the first mate said; "and I doubt not that all on board will gladly fall in with it.