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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem: How Religion Drove the Voyages that Led to America. By Carol Delaney. New York: Free Press, 2011. Pp. 319. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $16 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

John F. Schwaller
John F. Schwaller*
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University at Albany, Albany, New York
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Carole Delaney has written a very approachable and highly readable book about Columbus for the general public, choosing to deal most thoroughly with his millenarian beliefs, ties to the Franciscan order, and the religious ideas behind his voyages. The book draws on published materials, many of them primary sources, but introduces no new archival findings. Delaney manages the sources well. The Times Literary Supplement hailed her work as one of the 100 best books of 2011.

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The Americas , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 91
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Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 2016 

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