This work is a significant milestone in the study of Christopher Columbus, his psyche, and the academic pursuit of history in general.—Clinton R. Long, Fordham University, The European Legacy—
[A] hefty and impressive study executed with erudition, skill and considerable insight… Those who believed, following the Columbus quincentennial, that there was little left to say about a Genoese sailor’s extraordinary adventures overseas will now be convinced otherwise.
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Neil Safier,
American Scientist—
The Tropics of Empire deserves to become a landmark in the study of the inaugural stirrings of European overseas expansion.
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Gabriel Paquette,
The Times Literary Supplement—
Mr. [Wey] Gómez’s volume… offer[s] tremendous insight into the prevailing medieval understanding of the shape of the world Columbus encountered and absorbed.
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Alfred W. Crosby,
The New York Sun—