The Indian Ocean /
Michael Pearson.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- xi, 330 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Seas in history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-330) and index.
Introduction -- Deep structure -- Humans and the sea -- The beginning of the ocean -- Muslims in the Indian Ocean -- Europeans in an Indian Ocean world -- The early modern Indian Ocean world -- Britain and the ocean -- History in the ocean.
0415214890 (hardback : alk. paper)
Indian Ocean Region--History. Indian Ocean.--Navigation.--History.