Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives - Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries (Hardcover, New edition)

Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the Portuguese histories and archives. These documents contribute to the growing understanding that different groups of European colonizers - missionaries, traders and soldiers - had conflicting motivations and objectives. Scholars have also begun to emphasize that the colonized were not mere victims but had their own agendas and that they occasionally successfully manipulated colonial powers. The texts in this volume help to substantiate these assertions while also illustrating the changing nature of the interactions. The present volume contains chapters covering the Portuguese arrival in Sri Lanka and their first encounters with the island and its peoples, their subsequent relations with Kandy and Jaffna, and a final chapter on Portuguese relations with the Maldive Islands. A historical introduction provides the context in which the documents can be read and a select bibliography indicates the most recent and authoritative secondary works on the subject

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Chandra R.De Silva
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0186-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-7546-0186-2
Barcode:	9780754601869

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