The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
by: Nicolas Wey Gomez

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 616 pages. 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.