Description
Rare reference book, hard bound; 280 pages.
This book documents the history of mapmaking, exploration and colonisation of Southeast Asia. Out of print as of 2006. Early Mapping of Southeast Asia documents the idea of Southeast Asia as a geographical and cosmological construct, from the earliest of times up until the dawn of the modern era. Using maps, itineraries, sailing instructions, travelers’ tales, religious text 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.
