The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures, and Residence Abroad (Classic Reprint)
The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures, and Residence Abroad (Classic Reprint)

Author: J. Thomson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-23

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9781333324742

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Excerpt from The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures, and Residence Abroad Certain it seems that China cannot much longer lie undisturbed 5mm gzzo. Her deeply reverenced policy of inactivity and stagnation has brought oods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Pirates of Empire
Pirates of Empire

Author: Stefan Eklöf Amirell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-08-29

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1108484212

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This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Singapore and Melaka Straits
The Singapore and Melaka Straits

Author: Peter Borschberg

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9971694646

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The Singapore and Melaka Straits are a place where regional and long-distance maritime trading networks converge, linking Europe, the Mediterranean, eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent with key centres of trade in Thailand, Indochina, insular Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. The first half of the 17th century brought heightened political, commercial and diplomatic activity to this region. It had long been clear to both the Portuguese and the Dutch that whoever controlled the waters off modern Singapore gained a firm grip on regional as well as long-distance intra-Asian trade. By the early 1600s Portuguese power and prestige were waning and the arrival of the Dutch East India Company constituted a major threat. Moreover, the rapid expansion and growing power of the Acehnese Empire, and rivalry between Johor and Aceh, was creating a new context for European trade in Asia.