Assembling The Tropics: Science And Medicine In Portugal'S Empire, 1450-1700

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.

• | By (Author): Hugh (University Of Utah) Cagle
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 382 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1107196639
• | ISBN-13: 9781107196636