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EMPIRES OF
THE MONSOON
A History of the Indian Oceanand its Invaders
RICHARD HALL
William Collins
An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1996
Copyright © Richard Hall 1996
Part title decoration from ‘The Fleet of Vasco da Gama’ illustrated in The Portuguese in India, Vol. 1, by Frederick Danvers
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Dedicated to the memory of Harry A. Logan Jr of Warren, Pennsylvania
CONTENTS
PART ONE: A World Apart
1. Wonders of India, Treasures of China
4. Islam Rules in the Land of Zanj
5. On the Silk Route to Cathay
7. The Wandering Sheikh Goes South
8. Adventures in India and China
9. Armadas of the Three-Jewel Eunuch
10. Ma Huan and the House of God
11. The King of the African Castle
PART TWO: The Cannons of Christendom
12. Prince Henry’s Far Horizons
13. Commanding the Guinea Coast
15. The Lust for Pepper, the Hunt for Prester John
16. The Spy Who Never Came Home
17. Kings and Gods in the City of Victory
18. Da Gama Enters the Tropical Ocean
20. The Fateful Pride of Ibn Majid
23. The Viceroy in East Africa
24. Defeating the Ottoman Turks at Diu
25. The Great Afonso de Albuquerque
26. Ventures into the African Interior
27. From Massawa to the Mountains
28. At War with the Left-handed Invader