I am glad to send you a letter. King Ferdinand has wished to reward me with my efforts in his loyal services. I sailed with Columbus in 1493 as a second trip to the new world. I heard of a fountain that gives you youth. I returned home after the trip, wondering if there was such a thing.
I quickly forgot about that and built settlement in Hispaniola for further Spanish island colony for Spain. I then heard of gold nearby Puerto Rico, which the king sent me to search for in 1508. I took 50 soldiers and 1 ship, and came back a year later to Hispaniola with much gold. I was named governor of Puerto Rico. The sea that time was a sailor’s wish, as for the sea was blue and true.
That trip was an easy one. For a long while everything was fine. Only
I quickly forgot about that and built settlement in Hispaniola for further Spanish island colony for Spain. I then heard of gold nearby Puerto Rico, which the king sent me to search for in 1508. I took 50 soldiers and 1 ship, and came back a year later to Hispaniola with much gold. I was named governor of Puerto Rico. The sea that time was a sailor’s wish, as for the sea was blue and true.
That trip was an easy one. For a long while everything was fine. Only