Map Showing Indian Ocean Trade Routes (2015)

A map of the Indian Ocean world — Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia — with red lines representing trade routes from the east coast of Africa. Blue arrows indicate typical monsoon seasons (November-February for East Africa, April-September for South Asia).

Source: A map of the Indian Ocean showing trade routes and monsoon winds, drawn by Willie Ryan, 2016, with art direction by Lisa Vann from the Sailors and Daughters: Photography and the Indian Ocean online exhibition, part of the Connecting the Gems of the Indian Ocean Project (National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution)

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Willie Ryan, A Map of the Indian Ocean Showing Trade Routes and Monsoon Winds (2015)

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