The Ottoman age of exploration
By: Giancarlo Casale.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780195377828
Subjects: Navigation -- Turkey -- History -- 16th century; Turkey -- History -- 16th century; Indian Ocean Region -- Discovery and exploration -- Turkish; Turkey -- Commerce -- History -- 16th century
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : an empire of the mind; title: Selim the navigator (1512-1520); title: Ibrahim Pasha and the Age of Reconnaissance (1520-1536); title: Hadim Suleiman Pasha's world war (1536-1544); title: Rustem Pasha vs. the Indian Ocean faction (1544-1561); title: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and the apogee of Ottoman power in the Indian Ocean (1561-1579); title: A man, a plan, a canal : Mir Ali Beg's expeditions to the Swahili coast (1579-1589); title: The death of politics.