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

Author: Nicolás Wey Gómez
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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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  Read more...

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Named Person: Christopher Columbus
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nicolás Wey Gómez
ISBN: 9780262232647 0262232642
OCLC Number: 473892189
Description: xxiv, 592 s.
Responsibility: Nicolás Wey Gómez.

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