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Author Suárez, Thomas

Title Early mapping of Southeast Asia / Thomas Suarez
Published [Singapore?] : Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd., 1999

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages :) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents Pt. 1. Southeast Asia -- pt. 2. The early Mediterranean and European record -- pt. 3. The view from the deck: early European maps -- pt. 4. Companies and colonization
Summary Thomas Suarez charts the story of mapmaking, exploration and colonisation in South East Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries. He surveys South East Asia's geography and civilisations, its maps and influence on Western world views, and the image of South East Asia in the eyes of its neighbours. He also examines Western images of the region
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index
Subject Cartography -- Southeast Asia -- History
Cartography
Historical geography
Kartografie
Karte
Cartografie.
Cartography -- History.
Cartography -- Southeast Asia -- History.
SUBJECT Southeast Asia -- Historical geography -- Maps
Subject Southeast Asia
Südostasien
Southeast Asia -- Historical geography -- Maps.
Southeast Asia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form History
Maps
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.
Form Electronic book
Other Titles Southeast Asia