Books Books A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia
One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.Books Angkor and Cambodia in the Sixteenth Century, from Spanish and Portuguese Sources]
The first and only collection of Spanish and Portuguese written sources on Angkor, predating the Angkorian "rediscovery" by more than 300 years.Books Brève et véridique relation des évènements du Cambodge
One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.Links Portuguese Explorers in Southeast Asia
On the steps of early Portuguese explorers of Southeast Asia.Publications One Buddha Can Hide Another
Centered on the Bayon, a diachronic reinterpretation of historical assumptions about the reign of Jayavarman VII, and Angkor during the 16th centuryPublications Societal Organization in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Cambodia
Monk communities (sangha), slaves, non-Khmer people and the social order in pre-modern Cambodia, by an eminent anthropologist.Publications Diogo Do Couto, ADB Reference Document
Trilingual and complete version of Antonio da Madalena's relation of his visit to Angkor in 1551.Publications António da Madalena, "First European in Angkor"
A biographical notice of the Portuguese friar who went to Angkor in the 16th century.