Columbus -- The Tragedy and the Enigma
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Columbus - Apocalyptic Thought
Apocalyptic thinking is very common and widespread in european history. It seems from this book of s that columbus was also an apocalyptic thinker. He saw his voyages as furthering the quest for the apocalypse and the second coming. And more specifically, he he arranged a prophecies predicting that the gospel should be spread throughout the world. So allottof you can see echoes the thinking of the crusaders,. That the the christians must control jerusalem in order for christ to return to the holy city.
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