Trade, circulation, and flow in the Indian Ocean world / edited by Michael Pearson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Maritime History and the Indian Ocean World 2. The Worlds of the Indian Ocean 3. The Southeast Asian Connection in the First Eurasian World Economy, 200 BCE - CE 500 4. Chinese Engagement with the Indian Ocean during the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties (10th-16th centuries) 5. Massoi and Kain Timur in the Birdshead Peninsula of New Guinea, the Easternmost Corner of the Indian Ocean World 6. Continuity and Change in Maritime Trade in the Straits of Melaka in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 7. Competing Spatial Networks: Kasimbazar and Chandernagore in Overland and Indian Ocean worlds 8. Fernando Rosa Ribeiro, Two Sixteenth Century Indian Ocean Intellectuals in Goa and Malabar: Orta and Zainuddin 9. East African Travellers and Traders in the Indian Ocean: Swahili ships, Swahili Mobilities ca.1500-1800