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The tropics of empire [electronic resource] : why Columbus sai led south to the Indies /

Wey Gómez, Nicolás.

The tropics of empire why Columbus sai led south to the Indies / [electronic resource] : Nicolás Wey Gómez. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. - xxiv, 592 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology . - ACLS Humanities E-Book. Transformations (M.I.T. Press) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-568) and index.


Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2016.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of a ccess: Intranet.


Columbus, Christopher-- Knowledge-- Geography.
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 -- Knowledge-- Geography.
Ailly, Pierre d', 1350-1420? -- Knowledge-- Geography.
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 -- Knowledge-- Geography.


Geography, Medieval.
Discoveries in Geography.
Navigation-- History.


America-- Discovery and exploration-- Spanish.
Tropics-- Geography.
Europe-- Intellectual life-- 15th century.