Assembling the Tropics: Science and Medicine in Portugal's Empire, 1450–1700

ISBN-13: 9781107196636 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 382 str.

Hugh Cagle (University of Utah)

Opis

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

Recenzje

'… wide-ranging, richly researched and closely reasoned … Assembling the Tropics builds upon the extensive secondary literature that has grown up around the early Portuguese empire in recent decades…' David Arnold, Social History of Medicine

Spis treści

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.