The Bombay Country Ships 1790-1833

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ISBN: 9780700712366 | 0700712364
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/7/2000

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This book provides a detailed account of the private merchant ships of India and the importance of the dockyard and the Parsi master builders, during the period when the Bombay fleet was at its zenith. It describes the interdependence of Europeans and Indians, the owners and crew, the trade and voyages before a slow decline began.

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Foreword
Preface
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Introduction	p. 1
Shipping	p. 9
Shipbuilding	p. 11
Asian vessels on the west coast of India	p. 38
East India Company control	p. 49
Licences for ships	p. 51
Arming and protecting the Country Ships	p. 60
Country Ships used as troop transports	p. 69
The Bombay maritime Country trade	p. 87
The Malabar Coast: timber, coir, hemp	p. 89
The China trade: cotton	p. 101
The Persian Gulf and the Red Sea	p. 129
A changing world	p. 142
The China trade: Malwa opium	p. 151
The Country Ship owners	p. 175
The Country Ship owners	p. 177
The mariners	p. 205
Free mariners	p. 207
Nacodas and lascars	p. 228
Conclusion: The decline in European commitment	p. 240
Notes	p. 249
Select Bibliography	p. 269
Glossary of Indian and Nautical Words	p. 275
Index	p. 279
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