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Austronesian Shipping in The Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats To Trading Ships by mrohaizat is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This chapter discusses the maritime orientations and shipping skills of Austronesian-speaking peoples in insular Southeast Asia who played a role in long-distance ventures in the Indian Ocean in prehistoric and historic times. It examines the evidence for their sailing traditions and technological abilities, and how coastal polities in Southeast Asia became important hubs connecting China, South Asia, and other regions via maritime trade networks using the Indian Ocean. Recent archaeological and historical
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- mrohaizat
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