The tropics of empire why Columbus sailed south to the Indies
"Everyone knows that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, seeking a new route to the East. Few note, however, that Columbus's intention was also to sail south, to the tropics. In The Tropics of Empire, Nicolas Wey Gomez rewrites the geographical history of the disc...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
MIT Press
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Transformations : Studies in the history of science and technology
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