Rulers of the Indian Ocean.

Boston.: Houghton Mifflin Company., 1928.. An account of 'the sequence of periods of dominion or ascendancy in the Indian Ocean held by various rival maritime states',( from the author's preface). Although the author gives an avowedly eurocentric story of the European maritime dominance of the Indian Ocean during most of the second millenium, the story is expertly told and engrossing . In very good condition. 24 cm. xv; 319 pp. frontispiece engraved b/w portrait. b/w Portraits, engraved , reproduction and photographic, sketched ships' portraits as plates. b/w city plan. b/w sketch charts on front and rear pastedowns and blanks. White label with motif on front board. White title label on spine.