Historical background and previous investigations

Glazier, Darren; Peacock, David

doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dpst.6

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The Worlds of the Indian Ocean

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The monsoon unfailingly regulated sea-voyages in either direction in the Far East and the warm seas, thus precipitating or interrupting international encounters between merchants. (Braudel 1982, II: 126) The Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean covers approximately 75 million square kilometers. It is bordered to the west by the African coast and Arabia, to the east by the Thai-Malay peninsula, the Indonesian coasts, andfurther southwestern Australia. The Asian continent runs along its northern border, with India forming a wide peninsula that divides the northern Indian Ocean into eastern and western parts (the Bay of Bengal and the Sea of India, respectively).

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