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“I should not proceed by land to the East, as is custom, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.”

— Christopher Columbus

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I should not proceed by land to the East, as is custom, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone. Citation: 3 August 1492 diary entry Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus (CC BY-SA)
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Columbus, Christopher. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Christopher Columbus. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

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