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