Iberians in the Singapore-Melaka Area and the Adjacent Regions
(16th to 18th Century)
edited by Peter Borschberg
Paperback (Published)
(December 2004)
ISBN: 9783447051071
6.65 x 9.45 inches
Price: $82.00
Out of stock
This collection of essays places the Straits of Singapore and Melaka and their surrounding regions in a larger pattern of world trade and international diplomacy between of approximately 1500-1800. The contributions contained in this volume address a range of interdisciplinary issues pertaining to the presence and expansion of Portuguese and Spanish infl uence across the region. The authors draw on a wide range of source material in Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and Chinese, making some of them accessible to an English language readership for the fi rst time. From the table of contents (8 contributions): R. Ptak, Reconsidering Melaka and Central Guangdong: Portugal’s and Fujian’s Impact on Southeast Asian Trade (Early Sixteenth Century) M. Olle Rodriguez, Early Spanish Insertion into Southeast Asia: the Chinese Factor P. Borschberg, Security, VOC Penetration and Luso-Spanish Co-operation: The Armada of Philippine Governor Juan de Silva in the Straits of Singapore, 1616 K. McPherson, Staying on: Refl ections on the Survival of Portuguese Enterprise in the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia from the Seventeenth to the Eighteenth Century P. Borschberg, Remapping the Straits of Singapore? New Insights from Old Sources P.J. de Sous Pinto, Captains, Sultans and liaisons dangereuses: Melaka and Johor in the Late Sixteenth Century
- Edited by Peter Borschberg
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Revisiting Hormuz
Portuguese Interactions in the Persian Gulf Region in the Early Modern Period
Volume 19
Soqotra
Geschichte einer christlichen Insel im Indischen Ozean vom Altertum bis zur fruhen Neuzeit
Volume 17
The Earliest Extant Bird List of Hainan
An Annotated Translation of the Avian Section in Qiongtai zhi
Volume 28
Wilde Schönheiten
Ein Beitrag zur Motivgeschichte der Perlen in der chinesischen Literatur von den Anfängen bis zur Song-Zeit
Volume 31
On Feathers and Furs
The Animal Section in Duan Chengshi's Youyang zazu (ca. 853). An annotated translation
Volume 30
The Portuguese in Sri Lanka and South India
Studies in the History of Diplomacy, Empire and Trade, 1500-1650
Volume 25
Birds and Beasts in Chinese Texts and Trade
Lectures Related to South China and the Overseas World
Volume 22
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