Concentrates on the period 1790-1833, especially the early nineteenth century when the Bombay merchant fleet was at its zenith, studying the ships, their trade and the men who owned or sailed in them. The picture is built up from a mass of details and references unearthed in the English East India Company's records and elsewhere, and includes contemporary experiences of sailing in these ships.

Anne Bulley

Shipping; East India company control; the Bombay maritime country trade; the country ship owners; the mariners; the country ships - the decline in European commitment.