At Gomera the fleet buys eight sows, ancestors of the Indies’ swine

… he ordered the ships steered southwest, on the way to the Canary islands, and the following Wednesday, which was counted as the 2nd of October, he came to anchor at the island of Gran Canaria, which is the chief of the seven, but he did not wish to stop there, and so at midnight he raised the sails again, and the following Saturday, the 5th of October, he made the island of la Gomera, where he stayed two days, in which, in great haste, some livestock was provided, which he and those who were coming here bought, such as heifers, and goats, and sheep; and among others, certain of those who came there bought eight sows at 70 maravedís the piece. From these eight sows have multiplied all the swine that there have been until today, and are, in all these Indies, which have been and are infinite; they also brought in hens, and this was the seed from which everything that is here today of the things of Castile has come, and likewise the pips and seeds of oranges, lemons and citrons, melons and every garden vegetable; …