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

The ‘Book of Prophecies’ shows how Columbus recast brutal colonization as a divine mission.

哥倫布的書信與《預言書》表明，傳播基督教從一開始就是其航海與殖民計划的核心動力。作者認為，理解這段歷史應回到哥倫布本人的文本，而非只爭論其功過。