History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce (Paperback)

Introductory; 1. Maritime commerce of antiquity; 2. Earliest caravan trade; 3. Egypt; 4. Route via the Cape to India, discovered by the Phoenicians; 5. Ancient India; 6. Rome; 7. Roman empire; 8. Constantinople, AD 718?1453; 9. Ancient galleys; 10. Britain: its maritime position; 11. The early Scandinavian Vikings settle on the coast of Scotland and elsewhere; 12. Increase of the English fleet, AD 1066; 13. Treaties with Spain and the merchants of Portugal; 14. Early efforts of France to restore the civilization of Europe, Venice; 15. Prohibition to trade with infidels, commercial policy of the Italian republics; 16. Spain and Portugal - importance of their commerce in ancient times and its decline during the middle ages; 17. The state of the West India islands when discovered; Appendices; Index.