Christopher Columbus and the Book of Mormon

Title

Christopher Columbus and the Book of Mormon

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1966

Authors

Pagination

96–98, 135–136

Date Published

February 1966

Volume

69

Issue Number

2

Abstract

This article discusses Lehi’s prophecy regarding “a man among the Gentiles” (Columbus) who would be “wrought upon” by the Holy Ghost and travel “forth upon many waters” (1 Nephi 13:12). The author presents evidence from Columbus’s journals and letters that supports the claim that he was an inspired man who accomplished “a thing more divine than human to have found that way never before known to go to the east where the spices grow” (Sebastian Cabot).

Subject Keywords

Prophecy
Inspiration
Columbus, Christopher
Lehi (Prophet)

Bibliographic Citation

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