Quotes About Cartagena

Shandy frowned, and looked past the flickering fire to the jungle. "I won't insult you by being less than frank. This is a new world, and these pirates live much more intimately with it than the Europeans in Kingston and Cartagena and Port-au-Prince, who try to transplant as much of the Old World as they can. If you believe what's in the Old Testament you believe some weird things…and you shouldn't be too quick to dictate what is and isn't possible.

Cartagena and the priest, watched the spectacle from their island prison.

On April 6, 1519, the king sent orders to another officer, Juan de Cartagena

This provision made Magellan responsible to Cartagena for all commercial decisions.

There was more. Cartagena was to function as the eyes and ears of the king throughout the voyage.

And that was exactly the conclusion to which Cartagena came.

His first instinct was to have both men executed; this was, after all, Cartagena's third attempt at mutiny

as for Cartagena, his blood ties to Archbishop Fonseca prevented Magellan from taking severe disciplinary action