The Ottoman age of exploration - ECU Libraries Catalog

The Ottoman age of exploration / Giancarlo Casale.

Author/creator	Casale, Giancarlo
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description	xix, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Navigation--Turkey --History --16th century. Turkey--History --16th century. Indian Ocean Region--Discovery and exploration --Turkish. Turkey--Commerce --History --16th century.

Contents	Introduction : an empire of the mind -- Selim the navigator : 1512-1520 -- Ibrahim Pasha and the Age of Reconnaissance : 1520-1536 -- Hadim Suleiman Pasha's world war : 1536-1546 -- Rustem Pasha versus the Indian Ocean faction : 1546-1561 -- Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and the apogee of empire : 1561-1579 -- A man, a plan, a canal : Mir Ali Beg's expeditions to the Swahili coast : 1579-1589 -- The death of politics.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009019822
ISBN	9780195377828 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0195377826 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DR507 .C37 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold