PROLOGUE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. LIST OF MAPS XI
4. LIST OF FIGURES XIII
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XV
6. PROLOGUE XVII
7. CHAPTER 1 NATURE, NOMENCLATURE, AND DISCOVERY OF THE MOLUCCAS BY EUROPEANS 1
8. CHAPTER 2 INDIA 47
9. CHAPTER 3 THE ARABO-PERSIAN WORLD 85
10. CHAPTER 4 THE MEDIEVAL WEST 105
11. CHAPTER 5 CHINA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA 143
12. EPILOGUE 187
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 191
14. INDICES 239