Description
Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea by J. W. McCrindle is a scholarly translation and commentary on the Periplus Maris Erythraei, an ancient Greco-Roman maritime guide written by an anonymous author. The book offers a detailed account of trade routes, commercial goods, ports, and coastal geography along the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean during the 1st century CE. McCrindle’s work provides invaluable insights into Indo-Roman trade relations, ancient navigation, and early interactions between East and West in classical antiquity.
