Author : Hugh Cagle
Release : 2018-09-06
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 639/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Assembling the Tropics by : Hugh Cagle
Download or read book Assembling the Tropics written by Hugh Cagle. This book was released on 2018-09-06. 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.