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| Named Person: | Christopher Columbus; Albertus, Magnus Saint; Pierre d' Ailly; Bartolomé de las Casas |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nicolás Wey Gómez |
| ISBN: | 9780262232647 0262232642 |
| OCLC Number: | 137222779 |
| Description: | xxiv, 592 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : why Columbus sailed south to the Indies -- Machina mundi : the moral authority of place in the early transatlantic encounter -- Columbus and the open geography of the ancients -- The meaning of India in pre-Columbian Europe -- From place to colonialism in the Aristotelian tradition -- En la parte del sol : Iberia's invention of the Afro-Indian tropics, 1434-1494 -- Between Cathay and a hot place : reorienting the Asia-America debate -- The tropics of empire in Columbus's Diario. |
| Series Title: | Transformations (M.I.T. Press) |
| Responsibility: | Nicolás Wey Gómez. |
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Related Subjects:(10)
- 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, -- 1474-1566 -- Knowledge -- Geography.
