Naked Tropics - Essays on Empire and Other Rogues (Paperback)

In this volume Kenneth Maxwell collects some of his most significant writings, following Portugal's imperial journal, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean and from coast of Asia to the mouth of the Red Sea. He takes the reader on a lively journey from Macao to the Amazon forests, examining major themes such as the peopling of the Americas, the shaking up of continents, the spirit that took a "precocious" Portugal into its imperial venture and the rise of Brazil and is tumultuous history.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New World in the Atlantic World
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Kenneth Maxwell
Foreword by:	Fouad Ajami
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	358
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-94577-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-415-94577-1
Barcode:	9780415945776

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