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edition: Reprint
Authors: Ruth Barnes (editor). David Parkin (editor)
serie: Routledge Indian Ocean Series
ISBN : 0700712356, 9780700712359
publisher: Routledge
publish year: 2002
pages: 379
language: English
ebook format : PDF (It will be converted to PDF, EPUB OR AZW3 if requested by the user)
file size: 12 MB
Contents List of Figures Contributors Preface — David Parkin 1 Shipping in the Indian Ocean: A n Overview • Himanshu Prabha Ray 2 Seafarings, Ships and Ship Owners: India and the Indian Ocean (AD 700—l 500) • Ranabir Chakravarti 3 Seafaring in Peninsular India in the Ancient Period: Of Watercraft and Maritime Communities • Himanshu Prabha Ray 4 Archaeological Evidence on Shipping Communities of Sri Lanka • Osmund Bopeararchchi 5 Pre-Modern Sri Lankan Ships • Somasiri Devendra 6 Classifying Vessel-Types in Ibn Battuta’s Rihla • Dionisius Albertus Agius 7 Navigational Methods in the Indian Ocean • Abdul Sheriff 8 The Rise and Fall of Hadhrami Shipping in the Indian Ocean, c.1750 — c.1940 • William Gervase Clarence-Smith 9 Continuity and Adaptation by Contemporary Swahili Boatbuilders in Kenya • Susan Beckerleg 10 The Historical Context of the Construction of the Vattai Fishing Boat and Related Frame-First Vessels of Tamil Nadu and Beyond • Lucy Blue 11 Yami Boats and Boat Building in a Wider Perspective • R.H. Barnes Bibliography Index
