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   <titleStmt><title>News of the First Voyage</title><author>Christopher Columbus, letter to Luis de Santángel, February 1493 (opening)</author><editor>Hearth Interactive</editor></titleStmt>
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   <sourceDesc><bibl>Martín Fernández de Navarrete, ed., Colección de los viages y descubrimientos que hicieron por mar los españoles desde fines del siglo XV, vol. 1 (Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1825), p. 167, from the manuscript at Simancas, which the Simancas archivist's certificate, printed by Navarrete, calls the original document. Page images: Internet Archive, bub_gb_Jui6IGo47eQC (Public Domain Mark). Author's text only; the editor's footnotes are not copied.</bibl></sourceDesc>
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   <ab xml:id="x-1" n="1"><seg xml:id="x-1-p0">Señor:</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p1">Porque sé que habreis placer de la grande vitoria</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p2">que <persName ref="#x-person_god">nuestro Señor</persName> me ha dado en mi viage</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p3">vos escribo esta</seg>, <seg xml:id="x-1-p4">por la cual sabreis como en veinte dias</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p5">pasé las Indias</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p6">con la armada que los Ilustrísimos <persName ref="#x-person_ferdinand-ii-of-aragon">Rey</persName> y <persName ref="#x-person_isabella-i-of-castile">Reina</persName> nuestros Señores me dieron</seg>, <seg xml:id="x-1-p7">dondé yo fallé muy muchas islas</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p8">pobladas con gente sin número</seg>, <seg xml:id="x-1-p9">y dellas todas he tomado posesion por sus Altezas</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-p10">con pregon y bandera Real extendida</seg>, <seg xml:id="x-1-p11">y no me fue contradicho</seg>.</ab>
   <ab xml:id="x-2" n="2"><seg xml:id="x-2-p0">A la primera que yo fallé</seg> <seg xml:id="x-2-p1">puse nombre San Salvador</seg>, <seg xml:id="x-2-p2">á conmemoracion de <persName ref="#x-person_god">su Alta Magestad</persName></seg>, <seg xml:id="x-2-p3">el cual maravillosamente todo esto ha dado</seg>: <seg xml:id="x-2-p4">los indios la llaman <placeName ref="#x-place_guanahani">Guanahani</placeName></seg>.</ab>
   <ab xml:id="x-3" n="3"><seg xml:id="x-3-p0">A la segunda puse nombre la isla de Santa María de Concepcion</seg>: <seg xml:id="x-3-p1">á la tercera Fernandina</seg>: <seg xml:id="x-3-p2">á la cuarta la Isabela</seg>: <seg xml:id="x-3-p3">á la quinta isla <placeName ref="#x-place_cuba">Juana</placeName></seg>, <seg xml:id="x-3-p4">é así á cada una nombre nuevo</seg>.</ab>
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   <ab n="1" corresp="#x-1"><seg xml:id="x-1-en0">Sir:</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en1">I know you will be glad to hear of the great success</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en2">our Lord has given me on my voyage,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en3">so I am writing to tell you about it.</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en4">In twenty days</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en5">I crossed to the Indies</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en6">with the fleet that our most illustrious King and Queen gave me.</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en7">There I found a great many islands,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en8">filled with more people than anyone could count.</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en9">I took possession of them all for Their Highnesses,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en10">with a proclamation and the royal banner unfurled,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-1-en11">and no one opposed me.</seg></ab>
   <ab n="2" corresp="#x-2"><seg xml:id="x-2-en0">The first island I found</seg> <seg xml:id="x-2-en1">I named San Salvador</seg> [Holy Savior], <seg xml:id="x-2-en2">in honor of His Divine Majesty,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-2-en3">who has so wonderfully given all this.</seg> <seg xml:id="x-2-en4">The Indians call it Guanahani.</seg></ab>
   <ab n="3" corresp="#x-3"><seg xml:id="x-3-en0">The second I named the island of Santa María de Concepción,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-3-en1">the third Fernandina,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-3-en2">the fourth Isabela,</seg> <seg xml:id="x-3-en3">and the fifth Juana.</seg> <seg xml:id="x-3-en4">And so I gave each one a new name.</seg></ab>
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   <ab n="1" corresp="#x-1">Señor: Sé que se alegrará de saber del gran éxito que nuestro Señor me ha dado en mi viaje, así que le escribo para contárselo. En veinte días crucé a las Indias con la flota que me dieron nuestros ilustrísimos Rey y Reina. Allí encontré muchísimas islas, con más gente de la que se podía contar. Tomé posesión de todas ellas en nombre de Sus Altezas, con un pregón y la bandera real desplegada, y nadie se opuso.</ab>
   <ab n="2" corresp="#x-2">A la primera isla que encontré le puse el nombre de San Salvador, en honor de Su Divina Majestad, que tan maravillosamente ha dado todo esto. Los indios la llaman Guanahani.</ab>
   <ab n="3" corresp="#x-3">A la segunda le puse el nombre de isla de Santa María de Concepción; a la tercera, Fernandina; a la cuarta, Isabela, y a la quinta, Juana. Y así le di a cada una un nombre nuevo.</ab>
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   <ab n="1" corresp="#x-1">SIR,—Believing that you will take pleasure in hearing of the great success which our Lord has granted me in my voyage, I write you this letter, whereby you will learn how in thirty-three days’ time I reached the Indies with the fleet which the most illustrious King and Queen, our Sovereigns, gave to me, where I found very many islands thickly peopled, of all which I took possession without resistance, for their Highnesses by proclamation made and with the royal standard unfurled.</ab>
   <ab n="2" corresp="#x-2">To the first island that I found I gave the name of San Salvador, in remembrance of His High Majesty, who hath marvellously brought all these things to pass; the Indians call it Guanaham.</ab>
   <ab n="3" corresp="#x-3">To the second island I gave the name of Santa-Maria de Concepcion; the third I called Fernandina; the fourth, Isabella; the fifth, Juana; and so to each one I gave a new name.</ab>
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