Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem

Carol Delaney

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English

Free Press
17 July 2012

History; General & world history; History of religion; Christianity; Geographical discovery & exploration

One of the 100 best books of the year. -- The Times Literary Supplement

Five hundred years after he set sail, Columbus is still a controversial figure in history. Debates portray him either as the hero in the great drama of discovery or as an avaricious glory hunter and ruthless destroyer of indigenous cultures. Carol Delaney offers a radically new interpretation of the man and his mission, claiming that the true motivation for his voyages is still widely unknown.

Delaney argues that Columbus was inspired to find a western route to the Orient not only to obtain vast sums of gold for the Spanish Crown but primarily to fund a new crusade to take Jerusalem from the Muslims before the end of the world--a goal that sustained him until the day he died.

Drawing from oft-ignored sources, some from Columbus's own hand, Delaney depicts her subject as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his men encountered, and tells the tragic story of how his initial attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly sour.

Showing Columbus in the context of his times rather than through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests reveals a man who was neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic adventurer, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion.

Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem is not an apologist's take, but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the man and his legacy.

By: Carol Delaney
Imprint: Free Press
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781439102374
ISBN 10: 1439102376
Pages: 319
Publication Date: 17 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Carol Delaney received an MTS from Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of Boston University. She is now a professor emerita at Stanford University and a research scholar at Brown University.