Shipbuilding, Navigation and the Portuguese in Pre-modern India/Судостроение, навигация и португальская архитектура в новой истории Индии

Книга на английском языке.
India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Indian shipwrights and the labour force associated with various aspects of shipbuilding excelled in naval architecture. Their native wisdom was adopted by the Europeans engaged in shipbuilding in coastal India. Similarly some of the techniques of navigation followed by Indians were emulated by the European mariners.A comprehensive peep into the science of naval architecture and navigation is attempted in this work making a comparative study of Indian and Portuguese architecture and navigation.

Contents
Acknowledgements
I. Introduction
II. Shipbuilding and Navigation in India Prior to 1500
III. The Arrival of the Portuguese in India: Early Interactions
IV. Portuguese Shipbuilding in India
V. Portuguese Claims to the Exclusive Domination of the Indian Ocean Regions
VI. Life on Board a Portuguese Ship of the Sixteenth Century
VII. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index