_ 147 _ to the Portuguese in the 16th century, Berkeley 1976, for a slightly later period. Nevile Chittick, Kilwa, an Islamic trading city on the East African Coast, Nairobi 1974, 2 vols. contains basic material for the study of east African ports. Two documents published by Luis Filipe Thomaz give an accurate description of the organization of exchange with the 'leeward countries’: De Malaca a Pegu, viagens de um faitor português, Lisbon 1966 and A viagem de António Correia a Pegu em 1519. Lisbon 1976. These have been analyzed from the point of view of regional history by G.Bouchon, ‘Les premiers voyages portugais à Pasai et à Pegou (1512- 1520), in Archipel 18 (1979), 127-158. v.also by these two authors. Voyage dans les deltas du Gange et de l' Irraouaddy. Relation portugaise anonyme (1521), Paris 1989. For all subjects concerning Malacca see numerous articles by Luis Filipe Thomaz, especially 'Les Portugais dans les mers de l' Archipel in Archipel 18 (1979) and the excellent survey by M.A.Meilink Roelofax, Asian trade and European influence in the Indonesian archipelago (1500-1630), The Hague, 1962. Two international conferences on maritime history (the 6th and 8th) have been devoted to the Indian Ocean,
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