EREDIA'S DESCRIPTION OF MALACCA, MERIDIONAL INDIA, AND CATHAY. TRANSLATED FROM THE PORTUGUESE WITH NOTES BY J.V MILLS AND NEW INTRODUCTION BY CHEAH BOON KHENG

• Main Authors: Godinho de Eredia, Manuel 1563-1623 (Author), Mills, J. V. (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1997
• Subjects: Malacca (Malacca, Malaysia) > Early works to 1800 > Description and travel; India > Early works to 1800 > Description and travel; China > Early works to 1800 > Description and travel
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• Item Description: Originally published: Singapore? : MBRAS, 1930
• Physical Description: viii, 339 pages, [43] pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789679948080; 9679948080

This work by Malay Portuguese cartographer, Manuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623) retains its importance as one of the best early accounts of the Malay Peninsula, as well as its significance in the proto-history of Australian discovery. Besides maps depicting Melaka and the surrounding region "controlled" and "claimed" by the Portuguese around the city, it contains interesting information on the geneaology of the kings of Melaka up to 1511, the burial place of its founder Parameswara and on the traditional overland trails, the penarican (Malay penarican), the routes or short stretch that separates the Muar River and the nearest navigable tributary of the Pahang River that was once used by the local Malay population.