Michael N Pearson

The Indian Ocean

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this stimulating and authoritative overview, the author looks from the sea to its shores - the land areas it influences through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 165mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780415214896
• ISBN-10: 0415214890
• Artikelnr.: 21779025

Autorenporträt

M.N. Pearson is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His previous publications include Port Cities and Intruders: the Swahili Coast, India, and Portugal in the Early Modern Era (1998) and Pious Passengers: theHajjin earlier times (1994).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations. Series Editor's Preface. Preface. Map of the Indian
Ocean. Introduction 1. Deep Structure 2. Humans and the Sea 3. The
Beginning of the Ocean 4. Muslims in the Indian Ocean 5. Europeans in an
Indian Ocean World 6. The Early Modern Indian Ocean World 7. Britain and
the Ocean 8. History in the Ocean. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index