Singapore. NUS Press. Maps, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xxviii + 453pp, appendices, glossary, list of place names and geographic terms, bibliography, index, paperback. Jacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the turn of the 17th century. He..... More
Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2016. 12th edition. Illustrated, 376pp, paperback. The first edition of Southeast Asia - An Introductory History was published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travellers and students interested in a tantalisingly different part of the world. Subsequent editions (translated into Japanese, Khmer, Korean and..... More
Singapore. Singapore University Press. 2009. Maps, xi + 508 pages, colour photographic illustrations, index, bibliography, paperback. The fifteenth century is an enigma in Southeast Asian history - too late for classical inscriptions, and generally too early for indigenous texts or European observations. The arrival of European ships, ideas and economies..... More
