1819 & Before : : Singapore’s Pasts /

1819 & Before : : Singapore’s Pasts / / Chong Guan Kwa.

The essays published here began as a series of lectures commemorating the bicentennial of Thomas Stamford Raffles’s establishment of a British Station in 1819. The essays draw on thirty-five years of archaeological investigations on and around Fort Canning, new readings of the Malay Annals, early Ch...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
VerfasserIn:
Kwa, Chong Guan,
MitwirkendeR:
Acri, Andrea,
Andaya, Leonard Y.,
Borschberg, Peter,
Chong Guan, Kwa,
Chong, Terence,
Flecker, Michael,
Heng, Derek,
Miksic, John N.,
Sinclair, Iain,
Yew Seng, Tai,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (127 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Approaches to Singapore’s Past before 1819
  • 2. Issues and Approaches to Studying Singapore before 1819
  • 3. Regional Influences, International Geopolitics and Environmental Factors in the Rise and Demise of Temasek
  • 4. The Mysterious Malay Jong and Other Temasek Shipping
  • 5. The Orang Laut and the Negara Selat (Realm of the Straits)
  • 6. Avoidance of Shipwreck in the Malay Annals: A Trope in Buddhist Narratives of Maritime Crossings
  • 7. The Inception of Lion City
  • 8. A Note on Amoghapāśa-Lokeśvara in Singapura
  • 9. Portuguese and Dutch Records for Singapore before 1819: An Overview
  • 10. Zheng He’s Navigation Methods and His Visit to Longyamen, Singapore
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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