Travel Guides | East Africa | Mozambique, Madagascar, Zanzibar
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The two entries in bold, below, will respectively give you the most insightful information into a very readable the history of the region and the practicalities of navigating its ports and passages.
These book are all available on amazon.com, kalahari.net and amazon.co.uk.
Good background reading
| Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean | K. N. Chaudhuri | 978-0521285421 |
| A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire | Sugata Bose | 978-0674021570 |
| Merchants And Faith: Muslim Commerce And Culture In The Indian Ocean | Patricia A Risso | 978-0813389110 |
| The Indian Ocean: A History of People and the Sea | Kenneth McPherson | 978-0195642438 |
| Empires of the Monsoon - A History of the Indian Ocean and Its Invaders | Richard Hall | 978-0006380832 |
| Arab Seafaring: In the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times | George F. Hourani | 978-0691000329 |
| The Zanzibar Chest: A Memoir of Love and War | Aidan Hartley | 978-0002570596 |
| 1421: The Year China Discovered the World 1421: The Year China Discovered the World | Gavin Menzie | 978-0553815221 |
| The East Africa Pilot | Delwyn McPhun | 0 85288 251 3 |
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