On European maritime expansion in and the resultant unequal trade with India, China, and Japan.

Regular commercial contacts between Europe and Asia date back to at least the early years of the Christian era, but the pattern of trade underwent a structural

A work of major importance for the economic history of both Europe and North America.

Empires of the Sea brings together studies of maritime empires from the Bronze Age to the Eighteenth Century. The volume aims to establish maritime empires as a

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history