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Empires of the Monsoon
Richard Hall
‘A triumph: a first class comprehensive narrative of the impact upon the people of the Indian Ocean of those who penetrated it. It is hard to believe that this account of a European epic has any rival.’ J.M. ROBERTS, author of the Penguin History of the WorldUntil Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to the East in 1497-9 almost nothing was known in the West of the exotic cultures and wealth of the Indian Ocean and its peoples. It is this civilisation and its destruction at the hands of the West that Richard Hall recreates in this book. Hall’s history of the exploration and exploitation – by Chinese and Arab travellers, and by the Portuguese, Dutch and British alike – is one of brutality, betrayal and colonial ambition. It is history told with the true gift of a storyteller and a keen eye for the exotic. It is a compelling and instructive epic.
EMPIRES OF
THE MONSOON
A History of the Indian Oceanand its Invaders
RICHARD HALL
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1996
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DEDICATION (#ulink_685e4029-076f-5c05-83bf-cf43f25d9c99)
Dedicated to the memory of Harry A. Logan Jr of Warren, Pennsylvania
CONTENTS
Cover (#ue98a1017-89ad-5706-92b5-3665dcaeae9c)
Title Page (#u57d24ab5-f4f6-599f-b55a-975244667f1b)
Copyright (#ulink_788b1aed-b765-5998-96dd-e7a33eaea079)
Dedication (#ulink_5b47a0e1-4a26-5216-93f1-b71bfb3cf987)
Maps (#ulink_ea100c94-3bdf-565a-beb9-52f05aceb4b6)
Foreword (#ulink_caba3b9c-93d6-5287-bfa5-1bb1e94faaa7)
A Note on Spellings (#ulink_7fb6e193-835f-5719-a799-89bf2c56265e)
PART ONE: A World Apart
1. Wonders of India, Treasures of China (#ulink_93858e69-b32e-55a8-a918-a097788ab69b)
2. Lure of the African Shore (#ulink_54e34a1d-5128-5024-87d1-6c7515d29e11)
3. The Mystery of the Waqwaqs (#ulink_b6f8e1ec-fee6-5b79-a2ef-056decdc9328)
4. Islam Rules in the Land of Zanj (#ulink_5ad1d5c1-5694-5457-99ac-eb01408f9a3e)
5. On the Silk Route to Cathay (#ulink_3c50f990-cb13-5d92-9f8f-7f1166b63ae7)
6. A Princess for King Arghon (#ulink_82443e16-3960-5e86-83ea-c833e2d05e51)
7. The Wandering Sheikh Goes South (#ulink_f7da45e0-5b88-527d-81e8-6cec8a90bf12)
8. Adventures in India and China (#ulink_372df107-1fb8-56ac-921b-77116684abea)
9. Armadas of the Three-Jewel Eunuch (#ulink_74bf4c75-8985-5740-b253-2e4bf9ca610b)
10. Ma Huan and the House of God (#ulink_3cbda012-106f-5f44-9a05-636809895e10)
11. The King of the African Castle (#ulink_438a2a6b-c68e-526b-b996-288c82a6e68b)
PART TWO: The Cannons of Christendom
12. Prince Henry’s Far Horizons (#ulink_9b073d2e-f3f4-5cb2-85cc-2bc185e01f86)
13. Commanding the Guinea Coast (#ulink_dfdd9f3a-cd69-5a44-b189-a957e9596430)
14. The Shape of the Indies (#ulink_fa5f1696-b8b8-5800-ba40-c44befaf1aff)
15. The Lust for Pepper, the Hunt for Prester John (#ulink_67d31cf9-2cd1-5958-a88c-c52051e0299d)
16. The Spy Who Never Came Home (#ulink_4bba8ddc-926d-557f-99a6-cd34fa3d0e72)
17. Kings and Gods in the City of Victory (#litres_trial_promo)
18. Da Gama Enters the Tropical Ocean (#litres_trial_promo)
19. A First Sight of India (#litres_trial_promo)
20. The Fateful Pride of Ibn Majid (#litres_trial_promo)
21. Sounds of Europe’s Rage (#litres_trial_promo)
22. The Vengeance of da Gama (#litres_trial_promo)
23. The Viceroy in East Africa (#litres_trial_promo)
24. Defeating the Ottoman Turks at Diu (#litres_trial_promo)
25. The Great Afonso de Albuquerque (#litres_trial_promo)
26. Ventures into the African Interior (#litres_trial_promo)
27. From Massawa to the Mountains (#litres_trial_promo)
28. At War with the Left-handed Invader (#litres_trial_promo)
29. Taking Bible and Sword to Monomotapa (#litres_trial_promo)
30. Turkish Adventurers, Hungry Cannibals (#litres_trial_promo)
31. The Renegade Sultan (#litres_trial_promo)
32. The Lost Pride of Lusitania (#litres_trial_promo)
33. Calvinists, Colonists and Pirates (#litres_trial_promo)
34. Ethiopia and the Hopes of Rome (#litres_trial_promo)
35. The Great Siege of Fort Jesus (#litres_trial_promo)
36. Western Aims, Eastern Influences (#litres_trial_promo)
PART THREE: An Enforced Tutelage
37. Settlers on India’s Southern Approaches (#litres_trial_promo)
38. The Seas beyond Napoleon’s Reach (#litres_trial_promo)
39. The French Redoubt and the Isle of Slaves (#litres_trial_promo)
40. ‘Literally a Blank in Geography’ (#litres_trial_promo)
41. Two Ways with the Spoils of War (#litres_trial_promo)
42. The Sultan and the King’s Navy (#litres_trial_promo)
43. Stepping Back from East Africa (#litres_trial_promo)
44. The Americans Discover Zanzibar (#litres_trial_promo)
45. Looking Westwards from the Raj (#litres_trial_promo)
46. Portents of Change in the ‘English Lake’ (#litres_trial_promo)
47. In the Footsteps of a Missionary (#litres_trial_promo)
48. Warriors, Hunters and Traders (#litres_trial_promo)
49. A Proclamation at the Custom House (#litres_trial_promo)
50. Meeting the Lords of the Interior (#litres_trial_promo)
51. The Failure of a Philanthropic Scotsman (#litres_trial_promo)
52. Imperialism Abhors a Vacuum (#litres_trial_promo)
53. Bismarck and the Gesellschaft (#litres_trial_promo)
54. Africa Hears the Maxims of Faith and War (#litres_trial_promo)
55. From Sultan’s Island to Settlers’ Highlands (#litres_trial_promo)
Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)
Index (#litres_trial_promo)
Index of Personal Names (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
Further Reading (#litres_trial_promo)
Commentary (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
MAPS (#ulink_f23c6ccc-4d2b-57dc-843c-ced5d60874f3)
Maps by Leslie Robinson
FOREWORD (#ulink_9baf2751-fd4f-5db7-a1df-d4edc44f07ec)
