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Map New Geographic Map of the Interior of Malaca. Nova tavoa geographica da tera do sertam de Malaca

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Title

  • New Geographic Map of the Interior of Malaca.

Other Title

  • Nova tavoa geographica da tera do sertam de Malaca

Summary

  • This map showing the Strait of Malacca and the interior of the Malay Peninsula is the work of Malaysian-Portuguese cartographer Emanuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623). At the turn of the 17th century, the Portuguese were exploring southeast Asia from their base in Malacca, searching for the "Islands of Gold" that figured prominently in Malaysian legends. Around 1602, the viceroy of Portuguese India commissioned an expedition around the islands south of Malaysia and India. Eredia served as a soldier and engineer on the mission and completed this map around the same time. His work, however, is suspected to be based more on the writings of Ptolemy and Marco Polo than on his own experience.

Names

  • Godinho de Eredia, Manuel, 1563-1623 Cartographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1602.

Headings

  • -  Malaysia--Malacca
  • -  1602

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 pen-and-ink and watercolor manuscript map ; 30 x 39.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Portuguese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668356

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Godinho De Eredia, Manuel, Cartographer. New Geographic Map of the Interior of Malaca. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1602] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668356/.

APA citation style:

Godinho De Eredia, M. (1602) New Geographic Map of the Interior of Malaca. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668356/.

MLA citation style:

Godinho De Eredia, Manuel, Cartographer. New Geographic Map of the Interior of Malaca. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1602] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668356/>.