Volume 56, Number 4 July/August 2005

On the Cover The Indian Ocean & Global Trade
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Reader's Guide; Written by Julie Weiss; Featuring:
Understanding what you read Trade Routes Map Timeline Glossary
Class Activities
The Fable of the Rat Monsoons, Mude & Gold
The Leek-Green Sea (BODLEIAN LIBRARY)
The Seas of Sindbad (KEN WELSH COLLECTION / BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY)
The Explorer: Marco Polo (LES LIVRES DES MERVEILLES / BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE / SNARK / ART RESOURCE) The Traveler: Ibn Battuta (NATIONAL MUSEUM, DELHI / JEAN-LOUIS NOU / AKG-IMAGES) The Admiral: Zheng He (YU ZHENG / CHINA STOCK)
The Navigator: Ahmad Ibn Majid (ILLUSTRATION: NORMAN MACDONALD; RIGHT: KEREN SU / CORBIS) The Coming of the Portuguese (BRAUN AND HOGENBERG, CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM, 1572 (DETAIL))