Christopher Columbus, the Last Templar

By Ruggero Marino

Book Overview

The untold story of the secret alliance behind the "discovery" of America - Reveals how a utopian dream of brotherhood among Christians, Muslims, and Jews fueled a murderous power struggle involving secret societies, popes, and kings - Explains why King Ferdinand of Spain supported Columbus's voyages openly, but, secretly, sought to undermine their purpose - Shows how Columbus knew, sailing west, he would find the "New World," not Asia Was Columbus a Templar? According to the historic documents and maps revealed by Ruggero Marino, Columbus shared their dream of Christians, Muslims, and Jews living in peace in a New Jerusalem, and his voyage across the Atlantic was both to find a new passage to Asia and to find the place where the New Jerusalem could be built. Marino draws parallels between Marco Polo's journey east over the Silk Route and Columbus's sea voyages and reveals that Columbus studied ancient texts and maps from the Vatican Library, access to which was granted by Pope Innocent VIII--who Marino shows to be Columbus's true father. Innocent VIII (whose own father was Jewish and grandmother was Muslim) was the perfect individual to further the Templars' plan to create a universal religion combining the spiritual wisdom of the three faiths. Marino shows that Innocent's "disappearance" and the story that Columbus merely stumbled onto the New World were part of a calculated political and theological cover-up. While King Ferdinand (the model for Machiavelli's The Prince) and Queen Isabella of Spain are heralded with funding Columbus's "discovery" of America, it was Innocent VIII who was the main sponsor and master-mind of the expedition. To obscure the purpose of the voyages, and give Spain the credit for the New World discovery, Ferdinand and his agent Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Pope Innocent VIII's successor, initiated the disinformation campaign that has lasted for over 500 years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594771901
• ISBN13: 9781594771903
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Fresh outlook on a historical event we take for granted.

There are connections to the Templars, the Vatican, the Genoese merchants and Marco Polo that the author makes that take the Columbus story from 2-D to 3-D. A must for anyone researching the man and the events leading to the European colonization of America.

Reveals the sources of Columbus' routes and wanderings

Ruggero Marino's CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE LAST TEMPLAR asks whether Columbus was a Templar - and according to historic documents and maps, he was. Marino examines Columbus' sea voyages and reveals the sources of Columbus' routes and wanderings, consider his studies and the myth that Columbus stumbled on the New World rather than deliberately charting his course.