He discovered it as commander of a fleet of 14 ships that that King sent to Calicut, and on the way to India, he came across this land here, which he took to be terra firma [mainland] in which there are many people, described as going about, men and women, as naked as their mothers bore them; they are lighter-skinned."
He found it as the leader of a fleet of 14 ships that King sent to Calicut, and on the way to India, he encountered this land, which he considered the mainland with many inhabitants, described as unclothed, men and women, born naked; they have fairer skin.