The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
The Voyages of Cadamosto and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century

Author: G.R. Crone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1317012003

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Translation and edition. The additional documents, in translation, comprise a letter by Antoine Malfante, 1447, an account of the voyages of Diogo Gomes, c. 1456, and extracts from João de Barros, Decadas de Asia. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1937. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the map of "North-western Africa in the fifteenth century" which appeared in the first edition of the work.

A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam
A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam

Author: Reginald Le May

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781107619463

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Originally published in 1938, this book provides a history of the variety of forms of Buddhist art that grew up in Thailand from the 1st century AD to the end of the 16th century. Le May draws on his experience as part of the British Consular Service in Thailand to focus primarily on sculpture, how the trade routes in South and South-East Asia brought Thailand into contact with a variety of artistic styles and how the different areas of the country adapted these styles for their own use. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Thai art specifically or of Eastern art more generally.