The Portuguese Columbus: Secret Agent of King John II

By Mascarenhas Barreto

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349219967
• ISBN13: 9781349219964
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An extraordinary work...

As to the question posed by at least 2 reviewers, why has the community of historians not taken more notice of this, surely the answer is provided by the rather unsympathetic review by William F. Young; they would rther that original researchers such as Mr Barreto went back to their back rooms and left the historians to their illusions/delusions. Official mythology dies hard especially when it has the backing of the religious establishment. Mr Barretos masterpiece takes more than one reading. Granted some of it does seem a little fanciful, but there is more than enough solid information to make up for that. In fact, the work when taken as a whole, is far more than the sum of its parts; it can give the reader a completely new world view of western culture. It is for this reason that the 'historical-religious establishment' finds it so dangerous. It retells western history and puts Jewish and Templar interests there far more emphatically than has been done previously. It makes a very worthy attempt, without much fanfare, to illuminate the previously unseen powers and intelligencesbehind and underlying Western European history. It is not a 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' or a 'da VinciCode'. It is in my opinion more interesting than those. I would recommend reading 'Jewish Merchant Adventurers. A study of the Radanites. With maps'by Rabinowitz either together with or after this work. It tells the story of the international Jewish trading networks that spanned the Eurasian world from Roman times to the Age of Exploration. It was they who were largely responsible for much of what Mr Barreto describes. However, it is a very rare book, difficult to find and can be rather expebsive. It does however, like Mr Barretos book, give a unique insight into the realities of late medieval/early modern trade and exploration, and the influnces behind these. Thank you Mr Barreto (and Mr Rabinowitz) for your efforts.

Learn more about the Real Portuguese HEROES!!!

This book is phenomenal -- I could not stop reading this masterpiece of research and prose after I found out that my greatest hero of all time was also a fellow Portuguese man. I should have guessed that since Zarco was, no doubt, endowed with unique bravery and forsight not seen beyond Portuguese lands. Trying to know more about these testosterone-driven heroes, it came to my surprise (really, now it seems pretty obvious to me, but before I didn't know) that not only Zarco was Christopher Columbus, but also that Neil Armstrong is Portuguese too. ...

The truth milord, the truth only.

There are really no adequate adjectives to label this work. This breakthrough work of art is a fantastic challenge to all historians that ever dared to whisper the word Columbus in their thoughts. It is obvious that the so-called professional historian community is not going to like what Barreto explains with extraordinary detail because they would only be achknowledging their own ignorance. There is a multibillion dollar industry living under the myth of a Genoese Columbus and offering false documents to prove it. There are books based on those false documents written by people with "a name" in the historian community begging the public to perpetuate the lie because in all honesty, they can't sleep at night with their hard pillow filled with corrupted cash. To date no historian has successfully challenged Mr. Barreto's arguments. Why? I tell you why. Because Mr. Barreto is most probably right and all those Samuel Morisons out there will die first before they admit to it.

Intrigue, adventure, politics, & history. An amazing book!

The amazing investigative work of Barreto proves Columbus was (1) a spy, (2) Portuguese (NOT Italian), and (3) JEWISH! Barreto breaks the secret code of Columbus' signature and exposes the explorer's covert life. The book is filled with history, adventure, politics, and intrigue. THE MISSION: To foil Spain's quest for India. THE REWARD: Discovery of a New World and Portugal's rise as a global power. The author examines the circumstances which led to the oppression of Jews in Europe, and how this forced secrecy gave Columbus the opportunity to become one of the greatest covert agents in history. The discoveries in this book are so astounding, one wonders why this book is not getting greater attention. This book is intensely satisfying. The amount of information in the book is so vast, you have to read it more than once; but you'll love every minute of it!

Columbus' history rewritten

I found the theses presented in this book fascinating and very thoroughly argued. Much of the evidence is very convincing. Some has been available before, but a great deal is new, specially the part on decyphering the cabalistic signature. I am puzzled by the lack of response from the history experts.