Assembling the Tropics

Assembling the Tropics
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9781107196636
ISBN-13 : 1107196639
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Download or read book Assembling the Tropics written by Hugh Cagle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal's empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born. In accessible, narrative prose, this book explores the unexpected forms that science took in the early modern world. It highlights little-known linkages between Asia and the Atlantic world.


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