In the year 5254 there was a man from Vienna, and his son's name was Columba, a philosopher and great sage. He said to King Ferdinand of Naples that because of the constant winds blowing in the ocean from west to east, it follows from this that there must be found still more land, and the king sent him at his expense and he found a new world called Nuevo Mundo [(Tzeda LeDerekh, section 2). And see Tzeda year 5292 as follows.] Americi, a strong and valiant man, many men gathered to him and he went down to the sea to take plunder.

And the sea was going and storming and a strong wind blew them about 20 distance from the inhabited world until they were hidden from the North Star. After many days they found the new world and he called it after his name America to this day, and this was in the year 5292, year 1532 according to the Christians, and some say 1508 according to the Christians, and some say 1485 according to the Christians, through one man, Columbus.

After these events, Kaiser Charles sent great ships to the land of America the aforementioned and conquered there a great portion of the land and called it Hispana Nova, meaning New Spain to this day. And the king of France also conquered a great portion of it and called it New France. And know that this new world according to the words of the sages of cosmography, who are the sages of research, is greater than all the lands of the Christian kings of our time from all the continent.

And according to their words, the location of this land would be under the soles of our feet. And in Sefer Maaseh HaShem, chapter 19, it is written that the new world is the land of Ophir to which King Solomon sent his ships once every three years as is evident in Melakhim 2:9 and Divrei HaYamim 2:8, and he made amazing proofs, see there, [end quote]: