Download or read book Woven Cargoes written by John Guy and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a visual record of one of the great untold stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. For over 1000 years Indian cloths were traded for spices and the forest and mineral wealth of the East by Asian, Arab and European merchants.