Book contents
- Assembling the Tropics
- Studies in Comparative World History
- Assembling the Tropics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Spelling and Translation
- Abbreviations
- 1 Reading between the Lines
- Part I The Coast of Africa, 1450–1550
- 2 Dead Reckonings
- Part II The Indian Ocean World, 1500–1600
- Part III The Portuguese Atlantic, 1550–1700
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Dead Reckonings
from Part I - The Coast of Africa, 1450–1550
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2018
- Assembling the Tropics
- Studies in Comparative World History
- Assembling the Tropics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Spelling and Translation
- Abbreviations
- 1 Reading between the Lines
- Part I The Coast of Africa, 1450–1550
- 2 Dead Reckonings
- Part II The Indian Ocean World, 1500–1600
- Part III The Portuguese Atlantic, 1550–1700
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Assembling the TropicsScience and Medicine in Portugal's Empire, 1450–1700, pp. 27 - 56Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018