TY  - BOOK
AU  - Casale,Giancarlo
TI  - The Ottoman age of exploration
SN  - 9780199775699 (ebook) :
AV  - DR507 
U1  - 910.9182409031 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Navigation
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Indian Ocean Region
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Commerce
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim conquered Egypt and brought his empire into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean. During the decades that follwed, the Ottomans launched a systematic challenge to the Portuguese Empire. This book is an historical account of this century-long struggle for global dominance
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377828.001.0001
ER  -