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Empire of the Winds - The Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago (Paperback)
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Empire of the Winds - The Global Role of Asia's Great Archipelago (Paperback)
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Loot Price R576
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Nusantaria - often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' - is
the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a
vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay,
word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become
Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single
linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the
lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the
last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the
Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The
surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a
corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and
Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the
world's largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent
coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this
crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following
the last Ice Age to today.
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