TY - BOOK AU - Parkin, David AU - Barnes, Ruth TI - Ships and the development of maritime technology on the Indian Ocean SN - 9781138895591 U1 - 387.009165 Sh64 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Ships KW - Indian Ocean KW - History KW - Indian Ocean Region KW - Social conditions N1 - 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 ER -