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245 14 a| The tropics of empire :b| why Columbus sailed south to the Indies /c| Nicolás Wey Gómez.;

300 a| xxiv, 592 pages :b| illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Transformations;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-568) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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600 00 a| Albertus,c| Magnus, Saint,d| 1193?-1280x| Knowledgex| Geography.=| ^A28075;

600 10 a| Ailly, Pierre d',d| 1350-1420?x| Knowledgex| Geography.=| ^A336735;

600 10 a| Casas, Bartolomé de las,d| 1484-1566x| Knowledgex| Geography.=| ^A30567;

650 0 a| Geography, Medieval.=| ^A35004;

650 0 a| Discoveries in geographyy| 15th century.=| ^A23403;

650 0 a| Navigationx| History.=| ^A65319;

651 0 a| Americax| Discovery and explorationx| Spanish.=| ^A23104;

651 0 a| Tropicsx| Geography.=| ^A45064;

651 0 a| Europex| Intellectual lifey| 15th century.=| ^A29105;

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The tropics of empire : why Columbus sailed south to the Indies / Nicolás Wey Gómez.

Author/creator	Wey Gómez, Nicolás
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Description	xxiv, 592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	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--15th century. Navigation--History. America--Discovery and exploration. --Spanish. Tropics--Geography. Europe--Intellectual life. --15th century.

Series	Transformations Transformations (M.I.T. Press) ^A468418
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-568) and index.
LCCN	2007020947
ISBN	9780262232647 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0262232642 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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