Portuguese Asia, otherwise known as the Estado da Ãndia Oriental, has been far less studied than the Spanish empire in America, its counterpart in the Western

Portuguese Asia, otherwise known as the Estado da à ndia Oriental, has been far less studied than the Spanish empire in America, its counterpart in the Western

This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of ge

This collection of 13 essays deals with a range of topics concerning Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese merchants, commodities and commerce in maritime Asia in the e

Five hundred years later, a conference held in Singapore brought together a large group of scholars from widely different national, academic and disciplinary co