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

by Hugh Cagle

Book Overview

From popular fiction to modern biomedicine, the tropics are defined by two essential features: prodigious nature and debilitating illness. That was not always so. In this engaging and imaginative... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316647420
• ISBN13: 9781316647424
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"