The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
by Nicolás Wey Gómez
"Everyone knows that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, seeking a new route to the East. Few note, however, that Columbus's intention was also to sail south, to the tropics. In The Tropics of Empire, Nicolas Wey Gomez rewrites the geographical history of the discovery of the Americas, casting it as part of Europe's reawakening to the natural and human resources of the South. Wey Gomez shows that Columbus shared in a scientific and technical tradition that linked terrestrial latitude to the nature of places, and that he drew a highly consequential distinction between the higher, cooler latitudes of Mediterranean Europe and the globe's lower, hotter latitudes. The legacy of Columbus's assumptions, Wey Gomez contends, ranges from colonialism and slavery in the early Caribbean to the present divide between the industrialized North and the developing South."--Jacket.
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Knowledge, Geography, Discovery and exploration, Spanish, Medieval Geography, Discoveries in geography, Navigation, History, Intellectual life, Columbus, christopher, 1451-1506, Geography, medieval, Navigation, history, America, discovery and exploration, Tropics, Europe, intellectual life, Knowledge and learning| Edition | Availability |
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The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
June 30, 2008, The MIT Press, MIT Press
Hardcover
in English
0262232642 9780262232647
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