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Early Mapping of Southeast Asia. The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers Who First Mapped the Regions Between China and India

Categorie	Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer	#279297
Titel	Early Mapping of Southeast Asia. The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers Who First Mapped the Regions Between China and India
Auteur	Suarez, Thomas
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Periplus
Jaar van uitgave	1999
ISBN10	9625934707
ISBN13	9789625934709
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	With dozens of rare color maps and other documents, Early Mapping of Southeast Asia follows the story of map-making, exploration and colonization in Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It documents the idea of Southeast Asia as a geographical and cosmological construct, from the earliest of times up until the down of the modern era. using maps, itineraries, sailing instructions, traveler's tales, religious texts and other contemporary sources, it examines the representation of Southeast Asia, both from the historical perspective of Western exploration and cartography, and also through the eyes of Asian neighbors. Southeast Asia has always occupied a special place in the imaginations of East and West. This book recounts the fascinating story of how Southeast Asia was, quite literall... (Lees verder)y, put on the map, both in cartographic terms and as a literary and imaginative concept.
Pagina's	280
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 75,00

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