Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies

Released on by Su Fang Ng
preview-18

  • Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies Book Detail

  • Author : Su Fang Ng
  • Release Date : 2022-12-31
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 142
  • ISBN 13 : 1009051105
  • File Size : 69,69 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies by Su Fang Ng PDF Summary

Book Description: Portuguese explorations opened the sea-route to Asia, bringing armed trading to the Indian Ocean. This Element examines the impact of the 1511 Portuguese conquest of the port-kingdom of Melaka on early travel literature. Putting into dialogue accounts from Portuguese, mestiço, and Malay perspectives, this study re-examines early modern 'discovery' as a cross-cultural trope. Trade and travel were intertwined while structured by religion. Rather than newness or wonder, Portuguese representations focus on recovering what is known and grafting Asian knowledges-including local histories-onto European epistemologies. Framing Portuguese rule as a continuation of the sultanate, they re-spatialize Melaka into a European city. However, this model is complicated by a second one of accidental discovery facilitated by native agents. For Malay texts too, travel traverses known routes and spaces. Malay travelers insert themselves into foreign spaces by forging new kinship alliances, even as indigenous networks were increasingly disrupted by European incursions.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Travel Knowledge

Travel Knowledge

File Size : 55,55 MB
Total View : 2354 Views
DOWNLOAD

Travel Knowledge examines European travel writing from 1500-1800, with an emphasis on travel to the East Indies, Africa, and the Levant. The importance of trave

Travel Knowledge

Travel Knowledge

File Size : 77,77 MB
Total View : 4394 Views
DOWNLOAD

Travel Knowledge examines European travel writing from 1500-1800, with an emphasis on travel to the East Indies, Africa, and the Levant. The importance of trave

Remembering the Early Modern Voyage

Remembering the Early Modern Voyage

File Size : 29,29 MB
Total View : 1800 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book investigates the operations of memory over time through three case studies: the famous anthology by Richard Hakluyt memorializing the feats of Elizabe