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

Autore: Nicolás Wey Gómez
Editore: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Serie: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Edizione/Formato:  Libro : EnglishVedi tutte le edizioni e i formati
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"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 discovery of the Americas, casting it as part of Europe's reawakening to the natural and human resources of the South. Wey Gomez  Per saperne di più…
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Wey Gómez, Nicolás.
Tropics of empire.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008
(OCoLC)609317953
Persona incaricata: Christopher Columbus; Albertus, Magnus Saint; Pierre d' Ailly; Bartolomé de las Casas; Cristoforo Colombo; Cristóbal Colón
Tipo materiale: Risorsa internet
Tipo documento: Book, Internet Resource
Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori: Nicolás Wey Gómez
ISBN: 9780262232647 0262232642
Numero OCLC: 137222779
Descrizione: xxiv, 592 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contenuti: 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.
Titolo della serie: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Responsabilità: Nicolás Wey Gómez.
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A radical revision of the geographical history of the discovery of the Americas that links Columbus's southbound route with colonialism, slavery, and today's divide between the industrialized North  Per saperne di più…

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"This work is a significant milestone in the study of Christopher Columbus, his psyche, and the academic pursuit of history in general." -- Clinton R. Long, Fordham University, The European Legacy Per saperne di più…

 
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