These were the more noteworthy things I saw on this last navigation of mine, which I call the "third journey." The other two "journeys" were my two other navigations, which I made toward the west on a mandate from the Most Serene King of the Spains; on those voyages I noted the marvels accomplished by the most sublime creator of all, our God; I kept a diary of the noteworthy things, so that, if ever I am granted the leisure, I may gather together all these marvels one by one and write a book, either of geography or of cosmography, so that my memory will live on for posterity, and so that the immense creation of almighty God, unknown in part to the ancients yet known to us, may be recognized.