Shipbuilding, Navigation and the Portuguese in Pre-modern India

India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. 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

Autorentext

K.S Mathew obtained his M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees in History as well as postgraduate diploma in Portuguese language from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi besides a postgraduate diploma in German from the M.S. University of Baroda. He served as Professor and Head of the Department of History at the Central Universities of Hyderabad and Pondicherry. He was also visiting Fellow/Professor at a couple of Universities in North America and Europe.

He has to his credit 26 books and a large number of research articles published in national and international journals. University Grants Commission, Government of India honoured him as Eminent Professor and also awarded him National and Emeritus Fellowships.

Inhalt

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