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

Folger bibliographic ID: 341456
Folger call number: E112 .W48 2008
Folger holdings ID: 492875

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-568) and index

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

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

Columbus, Christopher Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 Ailly, Pierre d', 1350-1420? Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 Colón, Cristóbal Colombo, Cristoforo America Tropics Geography, Medieval Discoveries in geography Navigation Europe Geografía medieval América Europa Entdeckungsreise Geographie Kartographie

author: Wey Gómez, Nicolás
subject: Columbus, Christopher
subject: Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
subject: Ailly, Pierre d', 1350-1420?
subject: Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566
subject: Colón, Cristóbal
subject: Colombo, Cristoforo