Empires of the Monsoon by Hall, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Maps Foreword A Note on Spellings Part One: A World Apart

1. Wonders of India, Treasures of China 2. Lure of the African Shore 3. The Mystery of the Waqwaqs 4. Islam Rules in the Land of Zanj 5. On the Silk Route to Cathay 6. A Princess for King Arghon 7. The Wandering Sheikh Goes South 8. Adventures in India and China 9. Armadas of the Three-Jewel Eunuch 10. Ma Huan and the House of God 11. The King of the African Castle

Part Two: The Cannons of Christendom

12. Prince Henry’s Far Horizons 13. Commanding the Guinea Coast 14. The Shape of the Indies 15. The Lust for Pepper, the Hunt for Prester John 16. The Spy Who Never Came Home 17. Kings and Gods in the City of Victory 18. Da Gama Enters the Tropical Ocean 19. A First Sight of India 20. The Fateful Pride of Ibn Majid 21. Sounds of Europe’s Rage 22. The Vengeance of da Gama 23. The Viceroy in East Africa 24. Defeating the Ottoman Turks at Diu 25. The Great Afonso de Albuquerque 26. Ventures into the African Interior 27. From Massawa to the Mountains 28. At War with the Left-handed Invader 29. Taking Bible and Sword to Monomotapa 30. Turkish Adventurers, Hungry Cannibals 31. The Renegade Sultan 32. The Lost Pride of Lusitania 33. Calvinists, Colonists and Pirates 34. Ethiopia and the Hopes of Rome 35. The Great Siege of Fort Jesus 36. Western Aims, Eastern Influences

Part Three: An Enforced Tutelage

37. Settlers on India’s Southern Approaches 38. The Seas beyond Napoleon’s Reach 39. The French Redoubt and the Isle of Slaves 40. ‘Literally a Blank in Geography’ 41. Two Ways with the Spoils of War 42. The Sultan and the King’s Navy 43. Stepping Back from East Africa 44. The Americans Discover Zanzibar 45. Looking Westwards from the Raj 46. Portents of Change in the ‘English Lake’ 47. In the Footsteps of a Missionary 48. Warriors, Hunters and Traders 49. A Proclamation at the Custom House 50. Meeting the Lords of the Interior 51. The Failure of a Philanthropic Scotsman 52. Imperialism Abhors a Vacuum 53. Bismarck and the Gesellschaft 54. Africa Hears the Maxims of Faith and War 55. From Sultan’s Island to Settlers’ Highlands

Epilogue Index Index of Personal Names Acknowledgements Further Reading Commentary About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher

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