Across the Green Sea: Histories from the Western Indian Ocean, 1440–1640

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

"This book connects histories from shifting viewpoints around the Western Indian Ocean showing the complexity of a dynamic oceanic system both before and after the arrival of Europeans"--

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Nature & Environment -> Nature & EnvironmentTravel, Exploration & PlaceOceans, Rivers & WaterNatural History & Animals
Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Western Indian Ocean86%
    Show lower-confidence suggestions

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Green Sea50%
  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The book argues that shifting viewpoints around the Western Indian Ocean reveal the complexity of a dynamic oceanic system both before and after Europeans arrived.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    55 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 66%.