# The Tropics of Empire

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- Book: [The Tropics of Empire](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicolas-wey-gomez/the-tropics-of-empire) ([The Tropics of Empire.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicolas-wey-gomez/the-tropics-of-empire.md))
- Authors: [Nicolas Wey Gomez](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicolas-wey-gomez)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6223-264-7
- Pages: 616
- Published: 2008-06-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

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...