Eredia's description of Malaca, Meridional India, and Cathay
This work by Malay Portuguese cartographer, Manuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623) retains its importance as one of the best early accounts of the Malay Peninsula, as well as its significance in the proto-history of Australian discovery. Besides maps depicting Melaka and the surrounding region "c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS)
1997
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| Series: | MBRAS reprint
no. 14 |
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| Summary: | This work by Malay Portuguese cartographer, Manuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623) retains its importance as one of the best early accounts of the Malay Peninsula, as well as its significance in the proto-history of Australian discovery. Besides maps depicting Melaka and the surrounding region "controlled" and "claimed" by the Portuguese around the city, it contains interesting information on the geneaology of the kings of Melaka up to 1511, the burial place of its founder Parameswara and on the traditional overland trails, the penarican (Malay penarican), the routes or short stretch that separates the Muar River and the nearest navigable tributary of the Pahang River that was once used by the local Malay population. |
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| Item Description: | English translation by J.V. Mills originally published: [Singapore?] : MBRAS, 1930 Based on manuscript published with title: Malaca, l'Inde méridionale et le Cathay : manuscrit original autographe de Godinho de Eredia ... reproduit en fac-simile et traduit par Léon Janssen. Bruxelles : C. Muquardt, 1882 |
| Physical Description: | viii, 339 p., [43] p. of plates ill., maps 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9679948080 |