Ships and the Development of Maritime Technology on the Indian Ocean

Herausgeber: Barnes, Ruth; Parkin, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional consciousness and identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 140mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780700712359
• ISBN-10: 0700712356
• Artikelnr.: 21753715

Autorenporträt

Ruth Barnes, David Parkin

Inhaltsangabe

1: Shipping in the Indian Ocean: An Overview
2: Seafarings, Ships and Ship Owners: India and the Indian Ocean ( ad 700-1500)
3: Seafaring in Peninsular India in the Ancient Period: Of Watercraft and Maritime Communities
4: Archaeological Evidence on Shipping Communities or Sri Lanka
5: Pre-Modern Sri Lankan Ships
6: Classifying Vessel-Types in Ibn Ba????a's Ri?la
7: Navigational Methods in the Indian Ocean 1
8: The Rise and Fall of Hadhrami Shipping in the Indian Ocean, c.1750 - c.1940
9: Continuity and Adaptation by Contemporary Swahili Boatbuilders in Kenya
10: The Historical Context of the Construction of the Vattai Fishing Boat and Related Frame-First Vessels of Tamil Nadu and Beyond
11: Yami Boats and Boat Building in a Wider Perspective