The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies

by Nicolás Wey Gómez and Nicolas Wey Gomez

A radical revision of the geographical history of the discovery of the Americas that links Columbus's southbound route with colonialism, slavery, and today's divide between the industrialized North and the developing South.

Everyone knows that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, seeking a new route to the East. Few note, however, that Columbus's intention was also to sail south, to the tropics. In The Tropics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262232642
• ISBN13: 9780262232647
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 5.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 8.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher