Table of Contents

1: Sources and Themes
2: Egypt
3: Arabia
4: The Mediterranean
5: Atlantic Europe
6: India
7: Greater Australia
8: South-East Asia
9: Oceania
10: China
11: The Americas
12: Early Water Transport

About the Author

Seán McGrail was in the Royal Navy from 1946 to 1968 and is a Master Mariner. He is also currently visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, carries out fieldwork in South Asia for the Society for South Asian Studies (British Academy), and was formerly Professor of Maritime Archaeology, University of Oxford.

Reviews

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