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Maritime India in the seventeenth century / Sinnappah Arasaratnam.
Lippincott Library HF3785 .A73 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arasaratnam, Sinnappah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commerce.
- History.
- Merchant marine.
- India--Commerce--History.
- India.
- India--Commerce--History--17th century.
- Merchant marine--India--History.
- Indian Ocean Region--Commerce--History.
- Indian Ocean Region.
- Physical Description:
- 294 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- This book draws on Dutch, Tamil, and English sources to document India's overseas trade and commercial economy during what was arguably their most dynamic and productive period. The author looks at four maritime zones--Gujarat, Malabar, Coromandel, and Bengal--examining their ports, seas, and commerce, and sketching the general trends of this commerce and the major external and internal influences that had an impact on them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195634241
- OCLC:
- 31329610
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