Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on the Title vii
4. Abbreviations of Major Primary Sources ix
5. Introduction. The Charter Generation of the London East India Company 1
6. Chapter 1. The Construction and Launch of the Trades Increase, 1609 16
7. Chapter 2. From England to Arabia Felix 47
8. Chapter 3. Captivity in Yemen 83
9. Chapter 4. To India and Back Again 119
10. Chapter 5. Corporate Strife in the Red Sea 155
11. Chapter 6. The Final Transit 190
12. Chapter 7. Catastrophe in Bantam 204
13. Chapter 8. Controversy over the East Indian Trade, 1615 237
14. Notes 275
15. Bibliography 289
16. Index 297
17. Acknowledgments 309