by Ruggero Marino
Translated from Italian by Ariel Godwin
Destiny Books
C 2005 Sperling and Kupfer Editori S.p.A.,Milano
English Translation 2007 C Inner Traditions International
CHRISTINE TRZYNA QUICK REVIEW
The author didn't convince me that Christopher Columbus was a Knights Templar, though said to have a Templar's values which, according to the author, was that Christians, Jews, and Muslims live in peace. What was most interesting about this book is the assertion that Columbus was actually not the nephew of a Pope, Innocent VIII, but his son and that the seafarer had access to maps housed at the Vatican that would prove to show that the North and South American continents had been "discovered" before. So the idea that he set sail and bungled a exploratory trip to "India" is set adrift, and instead a disinformation campaign began, which asserted Spain's rights to the new lands.
Innocent VIII is said to have had Muslim and Jewish ancestry himself, as well as many children, of whom only two he recognized. In color the book features art and portraits showing the pope and Christopher's likeness, as well as maps existing in Columbus lifetime that show the New World was known.
Always interesting, the idea of dangerous forces of Secret Societies...
