António da Madalena, "First European in Angkor"
A biographical notice of the Portuguese friar who went to Angkor in the 16th century.
Entries tagged with “Portuguese explorers”
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Publications Diogo Do Couto, ADB Reference Document
Trilingual and complete version of Antonio da Madalena's relation of his visit to Angkor in 1551.
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Books Flora Cochinchinensis
Probably the earliest botanical survey of the region by a Western observer, including some 1,600 species
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Books Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.
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Links Portuguese Explorers in Southeast Asia
On the steps of early Portuguese explorers of Southeast Asia.