Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem How Religion Drove the Voyages That Led to America

Name: Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem How Religion Drove the Voyages That Led to America
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ISBN: 9781439102374

ISBN-10: 1439102376

ISBN-13: 9781439102374

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Authors: Carol Delaney

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Now in paperback from scholar Carol Delaney: “a welcome reappraisal of Columbus and his legacy” (Kirkus Reviews).The dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change our interpretation of the man and his mission. Carol Delaney claims that the true motivation for Columbus’s voyages is very different from what is commonly accepted. Rather than an avaricious glory hunter, Delaney reveals Columbus as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction: He believed that he was destined to play a decisive role in the retaking of Jerusalem from the Ottoman…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 7/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.75" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue


Introduction: The Passions of Columbus



Omens of the Apocalypse



Learning the "Secrets of the World"



The Plan Begins to Take Shape



Vision Becomes Reality



Days of Wonder



Triumph and Disaster



Unruly Passions: The Colonies



Paradise Found and Lost



Privileges and Prophecies: Columbus's Stake in the Future



Marooned



The Final Passion: Disillusion and Death


Afterwards: Columbus, Apocalyptic, and Jerusalem


Acknowledgments


Appendix: What Happened to the Major Players


Notes


Bibliography


Index