mant1me subjects will find a wealth of material in descriptions of the sailors and their ships-the dhows, prahus and junks that made the trade possible. In constructing his well reasoned synthesis and analysis of this complex subject, Chaudhuri draws masterfully on a great variety of sources, Arab , Indian , Chinese and European. The maps, illustrations and bibliography are all excellent. G ARY K ETELS
Mr. Ketels is an historian living in Munich.
European Naval and Maritime History, 300-1500, Archibald R. Lewis and Timothy J. Runyan (Indiana Univers ity Press, Bloomin gto n , 1985 , 192pp, illus , $22.50hb) Perhaps the most noteworthy hi storical development in the last 500 years was the European expansion throughout the world-an expansion which, excepting Russia' s advance in Asia, rested on control of the sea. The origin s of Europe ' s dynamism are important , and Lewis and Runyan here offer a cogent survey of medieval naval and maritime history during the period in which Europe's unrivalled sea power evolved . The book is only 192 pages long , and it does not attempt to provide an a ll-inclusive account of the period from 300 to 1500. Nevertheless , it does present a balanced treatment of the salient developments of the epoch. The seven chapters deal with the later Roman world, the Byzantine Empire , the Latin sea powers of the Mediterranean , the Irish , Frisians and Vikings , the English and the Hansa , and the Iberian states. There is a good deal of emphas is on the relationship between the then technologically more advanced Mediterranean world and the more primitive but dynamic Atlantic one. Initially quite distinct , these two maritime tradition s came closer together over the centuries and the Iberian peninsula , where the two met , became the spearhead of Europe 's worldwide expansion. The authors ' prose is lucid ; the maps are useful and illustrations in black and white complement the text. The bibliography is excellent. One shortcoming is that the authors over condense and leave out non-maritime features that should probably be mentioned. For example , a discussion of the rivalry between Venice and Genoa ought to point out the geographic advantages of the former. Venice had far better access to the rich territories in the Po Valley and to Northern Europe, and it could more easily acquire and maintain a SEA HISTORY , AUTUMN 1987
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