Ships and the development of maritime technology on the Indian Ocean /
edited by David Parkin and Ruth Barnes.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2017
- xvii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 2002.
- Curzon Indian Ocean series. .
Shipping in the Indian Ocean : an overview / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- Seafarings, ships and ship owners : India and the Indian Ocean (AD 700-1500) / Ranabir Chakravarti -- Seafaring in peninsular India in the ancient period : of watercraft and maritime communities / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- Archaeological evidence on shipping communities of Sri Lanka / Osmund Bopeararchchi -- Pre-modern Sri Lankan ships / Somasiri Devendra -- Classiying vessel-types in Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's Riḥla / Dionisius Albertus Agius -- Navigational methods in the Indian Ocean / ABdul Sheriff -- The rise and fall of Hadhrami Shipping in the Indian Ocean, c. 1750-c. 1940 / William Gervase Clarence-Smith -- Continuity and adaptation by contemporary Swahili boatbuilders in Kenya / Susan Beckerleg -- The historical context of the construction of the Vattai fishing boat and related frame-first vessels of Tamil Nadu and beyond / Lucy Blue -- Yami boats and boat building in a wider perspective / R.H. Barnes
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Ships--History.--Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Region--History. Indian Ocean Region--Social conditions.