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Adventures and Encounters - Europeans In South East Asia (Oxford In Asia Paperbacks)

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South-East Asia has always confronted visitors with exotic cultures, strange lands, and proud monarchies. This anthology offers selections from the whole range of European writing--from accounts by sixteenth-century Portuguese and Spanish spice traders to those by nineteenth-century explorers, naturalists, and literary travellers. The writings express the fascination, the excitement, and sometimes the danger of personal adventures and encounters in South-East Asia. It is the work of a talented minority who found delight in a strange world of their time, a world which is rapidly changing and vanishing. These writers have left a vivid record for the entertainment of the modern reader.

Language: English

Pages: 289

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 07, 1996

ISBN: 9676530905

ISBN 13: 9789676530905

Adventures and Encounters - Europeans In South East Asia (Oxford In Asia Paperbacks)

3/5 ( ratings)

South-East Asia has always confronted visitors with exotic cultures, strange lands, and proud monarchies. This anthology offers selections from the whole range of European writing--from accounts by sixteenth-century Portuguese and Spanish spice traders to those by nineteenth-century explorers, naturalists, and literary travellers. The writings express the fascination, the excitement, and sometimes the danger of personal adventures and encounters in South-East Asia. It is the work of a talented minority who found delight in a strange world of their time, a world which is rapidly changing and vanishing. These writers have left a vivid record for the entertainment of the modern reader.

Language: English

Pages: 289

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 07, 1996

ISBN: 9676530905

ISBN 13: 9789676530905

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