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9789625934709

Early Mapping of Southeast Asia

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  • ISBN13:

    9789625934709

  • ISBN10:

    9625934707

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-11-15
  • Publisher: Periplus Editions
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Summary

Early Mapping of Southeast Asiafollows the story of mapmaking, exploration and colonization in Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It surveys Southeast Asia's geography and civilizations, its maps and their influence on Western worldviews, as well as the image of Southeast Asia in the eyes of its neighbors.

Author Biography

Thomas Suarez has served as curator for exhibits at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., the addison Gallery of American Art and Bristol-Myers Squibb Gallery.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 12
Southeast Asia
The Land and Peoples of Southeast Asiap. 16
Southeast Asian Maps and Geographic Thoughtp. 24
Asian Maps of Southeast Asiap. 44
The Early Mediterranean and European Record
Asia and Classical Europep. 60
Medieval Europep. 66
European Pioneersp. 74
The View from the Deck: Early European Maps
Europe's Quest for a Sea Route to the Indiesp. 82
A Confusion of Peninsulas and Dragon Tailsp. 90
Printed Maps Through 1538p. 100
First Maps from the Spanish Voyages 1525-1540p. 124
Giacomo Gastaldi's Three Models 1548-1565p. 130
Tangling with Terra Australis and Snared by the Lineap. 158
1570 - ca. 1600: Diversity in a Transition to Standardizationp. 164
Companies and Colonization
The Advent of the East India Companiesp. 200
The Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuriesp. 232
The Nineteenth Century and the Mapping of the Interiorp. 252
Endnotesp. 265
Referencesp. 272
Indexp. 275
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