Convicts in the Indian Ocean: Transportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815-53

AbstractWe believe ourselves to be the most astute men that one can encounter, and the people here surpass us in everything. And there are Moorish merchants worth 400,000 to 500,000 ducats. And they can do better calculations by memory than we can do with the pen. And they mock us, and it seems to me that they are superior to us in countless things, save with sword in hand, which they cannot resist.

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A Secret People of South Asia. The Origins, Evolution and Role of the Luso-Indian Goan Community from the Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries

Itinerario ◽

10.1017/s016511530001545x ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 72-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kenneth McPherson

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

South Asia ◽

Indian Ocean Region ◽

Imperial Expansion ◽

Ocean Region ◽

The Indian Ocean

Until fairly recently, histories of European imperial expansion in the Indian Ocean region have been written largely in terms of the endeavours of Europeans in creating and controlling empire. Only in the last couple of decades has recognition been given slowly to the role of the indigenous economic and political compradors, both large and small, who were vital to the evolution and sustenance of European colonial empires.

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Coffee: An Indian Ocean Perspective

International Journal of Area Studies ◽

10.1515/ijas-2016-0005 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 61-81

Author(s):

Shane J. Barter

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

South Asia ◽

Latin American ◽

Eastern Africa ◽

Coffee Production ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

History Of ◽

Coffee Farmers ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

Indian Ocean World

Abstract Studies of coffee production and consumption are dominated by emphases on Latin American production and American consumption. This paper challenges the Atlantic perspective, demanding an equal emphasis on the Indian Ocean world of Eastern Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. A geographical approach to historical as well as contemporary patterns of coffee production and consumption provides an opportunity to rethink the nature of coffee as a global commodity. The Indian Ocean world has a much deeper history of coffee, and in recent decades, has witnessed a resurgence in production. The nature of this production is distinct, providing an opportunity to rethink dependency theories. Coffee in the Indian Ocean world is more likely to be produced by smallholders, countries are less likely to be economically dependent on coffee, farmers are more likely to harvest polycultures, and countries represent both consumers and producers. A balanced emphasis of Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds allows us to better understand coffee production and consumption, together telling a more balanced, global story of this important commodity.

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EX ORIENTE LUXURIA: INDIAN COMMODITIES AND ROMAN EXPERIENCE

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient ◽

10.1163/156852002320123055 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 40-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Grant Parker

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

South Asia ◽

Roman Culture ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Région Méditerranéenne

AbstractThe role of commodities from the Indian Ocean is at the centre of this study of Roman imperial worldviews (c. 1st to 6th century). It begins by surveying the various kinds of objects brought to the Mediterranean from South Asia, e.g. spices and fabrics, and their routes, and then examines the ways in which Romans thought about them, both moralising and more strictly economic. This affords the chance to assess the notion of the exotic in Roman culture. Le rôle des marchandises venant de l'Océan Indien se retrouve au centre de cette étude des visions romaines impériales du monde (1er au 6e siècles). Ce travail commence par une étude générale des objets variés importés à la région méditerranéenne de l'Asie du Sud, par exemple des épices et des tissus, et de leurs itinéraires, et examine par la suite ce que les Romains peuvent en avoir pensé du point de vue moralisant et plus strictement économique. Ceci permet d'évaluer la notion de l'exotisme dans la culture romaine.

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The Maritime Adventures of Grand Eunuch Ho

Journal of Southeast Asian History ◽

10.1017/s0217781100000934 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 25-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

William Willetts

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

South Asia ◽

Naval Power ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

Mandate Of Heaven ◽

To Receive

In 1368 a native Chinese dynasty, the Ming, received the Mandate of Heaven, and after a century and a half of alien rule a true son of Han ascended the Dragon Throne. A burst of diplomatic activity followed. It took the form of a grandiose series of naval expeditions designed to announce to the more-or-less petty rulers of South Asia the advent of a new native house, and to receive their tribute. Over the next hundred years the Chinese established themselves as the dominant naval power in the Indian Ocean.

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