Publication

2017 - Amsterdam University Press

Language

English

Word Count

53,000 words, Guess

Page Count

212 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789462981614
  • ISBN-109462981612
  • OCLC Control Number988848369
  • Better World Books9789462981614
  • Open LibraryOL36222311M

Classifications

  • LCCDS647.S79H4513 2017
  • LCCDS647.S79 H4513 2017

Description

Sumbawa is a medium-sized island in eastern Indonesia which has a particularly interesting past. In the premodern era it lay on the trade routes that connected the north coasts of the islands of Melaka and Java with the spice-producing areas in Maluku, while Sumbawa itself exported horses, sappan wood, and rice. Its recorded history covers periods of Hindu-Javanese influence, the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, early Islamisation, and Dutch colonialism. Dutch Indologist Gerrit Jan Held wrote this book in 1955 but died before it could be published; this volume represents its first translation into English, and includes extensive footnotes that set it in context of current research.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Held's History of SumbawaAmsterdam University Press2017

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