Assembling the Tropics

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Author	: Hugh Cagle
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 385
Release	: 2018-09-06
ISBN-10	: 9781107196636
ISBN-13	: 1107196639
Rating	: 4/5 (36 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Assembling the Tropics by : Hugh Cagle

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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