Writing about Discovery in the Early Modern East Indies

This Element examines the impact of the 1511 Portuguese conquest of the port-kingdom of Melaka on early travel literature. Putting into dialogue accounts from Portuguese, mestico, and Malay perspectives, this study re-examines early modern 'discovery' as a cross-cultural trope.

• | : Su Fang Ng (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 75 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1009045865
• | ISBN-13: 9781009045865