Hugh Cagle

Assembling the Tropics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal's empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781316647424
• ISBN-10: 1316647420
• Artikelnr.: 58412536

Autorenporträt

Hugh Cagle is Assistant Professor of the History of Science at the University of Utah, where he is also Director of the International Studies program.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Reading between the lines: a prologue
Part I. The Coast of Africa, 1450-1550: 2. Dead reckonings
Part II. The Indian Ocean World, 1500-1600: 3. Itineraries and inventories
4. Drug traffic
5. Facts and fictions
Part III. The Portuguese Atlantic, 1550-1700: 6. Moral hazards
7. Split decisions
8. Fault lines
9. Epilogue: South-South exchanges.