Background:
This is a teaching tool for exploring fifty-seven early Iberian writings on Southeast Asia from the sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century. An interdisciplinary grassroot effort initated by a historian and two librarians, this project sought to stimulate conversations surrounding adoption of digital methods in the local historian community. The teaching tool takes the form of interactive connection maps. It augments the exploration of where these early texts were published, their subsequent reprints or translations over space and time, and the system of influences behind early European concepts of Southeast Asia.
How to use:
- Click and drag the handle of the orange slider at the bottom to navigate through the years. Each point is a publication, each directed line refers to reprint, compilation or translation
- Hover mouse cursor over each point to see publication details (click "Graph of Creators & Influences" to view relationships)
- Roll mouse wheel to zoom in/out of map
- Click and drag the map to pan
Authors:
Cuauhtémoc Tonatiuh Villamar, Department of History, National University of Singapore
Richard Cheng Yong Ho, NUS Libraries
Yikang Feng, NUS Libraries
To cite this website:
Cuauhtémoc Tonatiuh Villamar, Richard Cheng Yong Ho and Yikang Feng. 2017. Mapping Early European Writings on Southeast Asia. https://doi.org/10.25541/V5AF-1BBY.