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The tropics of empire : why Columbus sailed south to the Indies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wey Gómez, Nicolás
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]
Series:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:
Columbus, Christopher > Knowledge > Geography.
America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.
Tropics > Geography.
Geography, Medieval.
Discoveries in geography > 15th century.
Navigation > History.
Europe > Intellectual life > 15th century.
Albertus, > Magnus, Saint, > 1193?-1280 > Knowledge > Geography.
Ailly, Pierre d', > 1350-1420? > Knowledge > Geography.
Casas, Bartolomé de las, > 1484-1566 > Knowledge > Geography.
Description
Physical Description:xxiv, 592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [535]-568) and index.
ISBN:9780262232647 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262232642 (hardcover : alk. paper)