TY - BOOK AU - Ahmad ibn Majid al-Sadi, TI - Arab navigation in the Indian Ocean before the coming of the Portuguese: being a translation of Kitab al-Fawaid fi usul al-bahr wal-qawaid of Ahmad b. Majid al-Najdi ; together with an introduction on the history of Arab navigation, notes on the navigational techniques and on the topography of the Indian Ocean and a glossary of navigational terms SN - 0947593233 (hbk.) U1 - 387.5209165 PY - 2007///] CY - [London PB - Routledge KW - Navigation-History.--Arab countries ER -