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008			131215r20132014si o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9789971696832
020			_z9789971695286
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041	1		_aeng _hdut _hpor _hspa
050		4	_aDS522.2 _b.C686 2014
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100	1		_aCoutre, Jacques de, _d1577-1640, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe memoirs and memorials of Jacques de Couture _h[electronic resource] : _bsecurity, trade and society in 16th and 17th-century Southeast Asia / _c[Jacques de Couture] ; edited with introduction by Peter Borschberg; translated by Roopanjali Roy.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aSingapore : _bNUS Press, _c[2014] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xxviii, 453 pages) :) _billustrations (some color), maps.
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical reference (pages 386-400) and index.
505	0		_a
520			_aJacques de Coutre was a Flemish gem trader who spent nearly a decade in Southeast Asia at the turn of the 17th century. He left history a substantial autobiography written in Spanish and preserved in the National Library of Spain in Madrid. Written in the form of a picaresque tale, with an acute eye for the cultures he encountered, the memoirs tell the story of his adventures in the trading centres of the day: Melaka, Ayutthaya, Patani, Pahang, Johor, Brunei and Manila. Narrowly escaping death several times, De Coutre was inevitably drawn into dangerous intrigues between the representatives of European power, myriad fortune hunters and schemers, and the rulers and courtiers in the palaces of Pahang, Patani, Siam and Johor. In addition to his autobiography, De Coutre wrote a series of memorials to the united crown of Spain and Portugal that contain recommendations designed to remedy the decline in the fortunes of the Iberian powers in Southeast Asia, particularly against the backdrop of early Dutch political and commercial penetration into the region. Annotated and translated into English for the first time, these materials provide a valuable first-hand account of the issues confronting the early colonial powers in Southeast Asia, and deep into the societies De Coutre encountered in the territory that today makes up Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. The book is lavishly illustrated with 62 maps and drawings of the period, including many examples not previously published.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aCoutre, Jacques de, _d1577-1640 _xTravel _zSoutheast Asia.
651		0	_aJohor _xHistory.
651		0	_aMalacca (Malacca) _xHistory.
651		0	_aSoutheast Asia _xDescription and travel _vEarly works to 1800.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1	2	_aCoutre, Jacques de, _d1577-1640. _tVida de Jacques de Couture. _lEnglish.
700	1		_aRoy, Roopanjali, _etranslator.
700	1		_aBorschberg, Peter, _eeditor, _ewriter of added commentary.
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9971697831 _z9789971697839 _z9971695286 _z9789971695286
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789971696832/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c34564 _d34564