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When I discovered the Indies, I said that they were the richest dominion that there is in the world. I was speaking of the gold, pearls, precious stones, and spices, with the trade and markets in them, and because everything did not appear immediately, I was held up to abuse.

Christopher Columbus, letter from the third voyage, written from Jamaica, 7 July 1503