Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; The Portuguese in Kanara & Malabar; Goa and Portuguese Trade; The Structure of the Pepper Trade; Crisis in the Early Seventeenth Century; A Company Conceived; The Company Born; The Goa-Lisbon Trade Under Company Administration; Company Shipping; Failure and Compromise; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

A.R. Disney is Senior Lecturer, Department of History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.