The tropics of empire : why Columbus sailed south to the Indies / Nicolás Wey Gómez.
- Wey Gómez, Nicolás
- Date:
- [2008], ©2008
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Publication/Creation
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008], ©2008.
Physical description
xxiv, 592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Description based on print version.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-568) and index.
Reproduction note
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 access: Intranet.
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Subjects
- Geography, Medieval
- Discoveries in geography
- NavigationHistory
- AmericaDiscovery and explorationSpanish
- TropicsGeography
- EuropeIntellectual life15th century
- Columbus, ChristopherKnowledgeGeography
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280KnowledgeGeography
- Ailly, Pierre d', 1350-1420?KnowledgeGeography
- Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566KnowledgeGeography