{"product_id":"jacques-de-coutres-singapore-and-johor-1594-c-1625","title":"Jacques de Coutre's Singapore and Johor 1594-c. 1625","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Flemish gem trader Jacques de Coutre visited Southeast Asia in the early 17th century, and his lengthy account of his experiences provides a glimpse of Singapore, Johor and the Straits of Melaka during an era for which little written material has survived. This special edition, which presents highlights from the full translation, is designed to provide students, teachers and the wider public with a glimpse of this tumultuous region when it was still controlled by local rulers, and Western colonialism was just gaining a foothold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author describes dangerous intrigues involving fortune hunters and schemers, as well as local rulers and couriers, adventures that on several occasions nearly cost him his life. The manuscripts come from a bundle of documents preserved at the National Library of Spain in Madrid that includes De Coutre'sautobiography and several memorials to the Crowns of Spain and Portugal. Chapters from the autobiography have been excerpted from book I, which covers the writer s life in Southeast Asia between 1593 and 1603. A glossary and list of place names provide information about officials, goods and places mentioned in the text that will be unfamiliar to readers of English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Borschberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and teaches history at the National University of Singapore. He is a also a Visiting Professor at the Asia-Europe Institute at the University of Malaya as well as a Guest Professor in Modern History at the University of Greifswald. He \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e authored\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Singapore and Melaka Straits: Violence, Security and Diplomacy in the 17th Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Memoirs and Memorials of Jacques de Coutre: Security, Trade and Society in 16th- and 17th-century Southeast Asia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHugo Grotius, the Portuguese, and Free Trade in the East Indies \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal, Memorials and Letters of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge: Security, Diplomacy and Commerce in 17th-century Southeast Asia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"APD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123158757489,"sku":"9789971698522","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Jacques_de_Coutres_Singapore_and_Johor_1594-c._1625_by_Peter_Borschberg_00.jpg?v=1602759888","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/jacques-de-coutres-singapore-and-johor-1594-c-1625","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}