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 CONTENTS CHAPTER PACK I. THE CLOSING OF THE OLD TRADE PATHS 1 II. THE QUEST FOR INDIA BY SEA 36 III. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHRISTENDOM AND ISLAM FOR THE INDIAN SEAS 74 IV. THE PORTUGUESE POLICY IN THE EAST 118 V. ENGLAND'S ATTEMPTS TO REACH INDIA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. . . . 167 V^I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EAST INDIA COM- PANY. . . . 216 APPENDIX. ALLUSIONS BY MOHAMMEDAN HISTORIANS TO EUROPEANS IN INDIA. * 261