Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies
Series: Elements in Travel Writing;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 15 December 2022
- ISBN 9781009045865
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages82 pages
- Size 228x152x5 mm
- Weight 140 g
- Language English 412
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Short description:
This Element puts into dialogue early Portuguese and Malay travel writing of Melaka to re-examine 'discovery' as a cross-cultural trope.
MoreLong 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, mesti&&&231;o, 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.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. Introduction: Indian Ocean Travel Networks in Early Modernity; 2. Tom&&&233; Pires and the Way to Melaka; 3. Er&&&233;dia's Southern Imagination; 4. Malay Travel in the Indian Ocean; Bibliography.
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