The Singapore and Melaka Straits

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  • The Singapore and Melaka Straits Book Detail

  • Author : Peter Borschberg
  • Release Date : 2010-01-01
  • Publisher : NUS Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 412
  • ISBN 13 : 9971694646
  • File Size : 12,12 MB
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The Singapore and Melaka Straits by Peter Borschberg PDF Summary

Book Description: The Singapore and Melaka Straits are a place where regional and long-distance maritime trading networks converge, linking Europe, the Mediterranean, eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent with key centres of trade in Thailand, Indochina, insular Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. The first half of the 17th century brought heightened political, commercial and diplomatic activity to this region. It had long been clear to both the Portuguese and the Dutch that whoever controlled the waters off modern Singapore gained a firm grip on regional as well as long-distance intra-Asian trade. By the early 1600s Portuguese power and prestige were waning and the arrival of the Dutch East India Company constituted a major threat. Moreover, the rapid expansion and growing power of the Acehnese Empire, and rivalry between Johor and Aceh, was creating a new context for European trade in Asia.

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