Eredia Description of Malacca,
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This work by Manuel Godinho de Eredia, a cartographer of mixed Bugis and Portuguese descent, retains its importance as one of the best early accounts of the Malay Peninsula as well as its significance in the proto-history of Australian discovery. Eredia wrote his Description of Malaca in 1613, about a century after the great Malay kingdom had been taken by the Portuguese.
Besides maps depicting Melaka and the surrounding region "controlled" and "claimed" by the Portuguese around the city, Eredia's book contains fascinating information on the genealogy of the kings of Melaka up to 1511, the burial place of its founder Parameswara, and on the traditional overland trails, namely the penarican(Malay penarikan) - a short route that separates the Muar River and the nearest navigable tributary of the Pahang River that was once used by the local Malay population in traversing parts of the Peninsula.
MBRAS Monograph Reprint. Hardback
Besides maps depicting Melaka and the surrounding region "controlled" and "claimed" by the Portuguese around the city, Eredia's book contains fascinating information on the genealogy of the kings of Melaka up to 1511, the burial place of its founder Parameswara, and on the traditional overland trails, namely the penarican(Malay penarikan) - a short route that separates the Muar River and the nearest navigable tributary of the Pahang River that was once used by the local Malay population in traversing parts of the Peninsula.
MBRAS Monograph Reprint. Hardback