Cargoes of the East: the Ports, Trade and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian Ocean

by Esmond Bradley Martin, Chryssee Perry Martin, introd Elspeth

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First edition

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First Edition. First impression. Quarto; tan buckram hardcover in dustjacket; 244pp; illus. Tight, fine, unmarked copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper; Near Fine. Scholarly study of the history of maritime trade in the Near and Middle East, with particular attention to the history and culture of the dhow, the ubiquitous trading vessel of the gulf states.

• Binding: Hardcover

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