Ships and the development of maritime technology on the Indian Ocean. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David Parkin and Ruth Barnes.
• Editors: Parkin, David; Barnes, Ruth, 1947-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 387.509165; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History; Ships -- Indian Ocean -- History; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial; Ships; Social conditions; Indian Ocean Region -- History; Indian Ocean Region -- Social conditions; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean Region; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317793427; 1317793420
• Related ISBNs: 9780700712359
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 21, 2016).
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