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Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies (Paperback)
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Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies (Paperback)
Series: Elements in Travel Writing
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Loot Price R534
Discovery Miles 5 340
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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, mestico, 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.
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