Positive feedback with almost no mention of negative circumstances or even realistic outcomes makes the reader wonder how desperate Columbus may have been to secure continued sponsorship for his trips. Thus, the letter gives the impression of a biased and overtly embellished perspective that was eventually debunked. However, Columbus discovered a new world despite the letter's exaggerations/intentions. After the letter to Santangel was produced, a copy was made, and from that copy arose additional copies to announce to other countries what Columbus had discovered: “This Latin version [Letter to Santangel] was published in Rome, probably in May, 1493, and this issue was quickly followed by reprints in Rome, Basel, Paris and Antwerp... The first German edition of the letter was published in Strasbourg in 1947.” Therefore, it was because of this letter that copied versions were printed so that the rest of the Latin-speaking world beyond the Spanish coast would learn about Christopher Columbus' voyage and discoveries of the New World. Completely convinced that he had indeed found the longed-for East, Columbus refused to believe that he had discovered anything other than a route to the spice lands. He was so convinced that he had reached the Indies that he actually called the natives