Columbus’ own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start

October 6, 2026 · 12:22 pm 2 sources

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• Columbus’ own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · October 6, 2026 12:22
  The ‘Book of Prophecies’ shows how Columbus recast brutal colonization as a divine mission.

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• Columbus' own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start
  Phys.org · October 6, 2026 15:40
  Few historical figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a great hero, an explorer who found a "new world." He is reviled by others who see him as an arrogant conqueror: the first European to enslave Indigenous Americans and the man…