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Royal Siamese Maps: War and Trade in Nineteenth Century Thailand

Categorie	Algemeen Landen & Volkeren
Boeknummer	#363529-KG4
Titel	Royal Siamese Maps: War and Trade in Nineteenth Century Thailand
Auteur	Pasuk, Santanee & Philip Stott
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Bangkok : River Books Press
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	9748225925
ISBN13	9789748225920
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, decorate3d endpapers, ribbon marker, numerous colour illustrations (including photographs), 4to.
Samenvatting	In 1996, seventeen exquisite handdrawn and hand-coloured cotton maps were discovered in the Grand Palace, Bangkok. These long-lost treasures record cartographically Siamese warfare and trade during the first three reigns of the Bangkok Period (1782-1851). Large in size, and works of art in themselves, these maps overturn the conventional view of indigenous map-making in Southeast Asia. Focusing on Siam and on her immediate neighbours, the collection also includes a remarkable four-metre coastal map extending from peninsular Malaysia through China to Korea. AUTHOR: Dr. Santanee Phasuk is the senior teacher at Chitrlada School and gained her doctorate in cartography from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Professor Emeritus Philip Stott was a professor of Geogr... (Lees verder)aphy at SOAS, London. 378 colour illustrations
Pagina's	208
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 30,00

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