Glossary

The Indian Ocean Littoral: Cartography and Port Cities

Charting the Indian Ocean from Zanzibar to Sumatra

SELECTIVE READING LIST
Leo Bagrow, History of Cartography. Chicago: Precedent Publishing, 2nd ed., 1985.
Chen Gengtao and Wang Pingziang (translators), China in Ancient and Modern Maps. London: Sotheby’s Publications, 1998.
R.T. Fell, Early Maps of South-East Asia. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991.
John Goss, The Mapmaker’s Art. Skokie, IL: Rand McNally, 1993.
J.H. Harley and David Woodward (eds.), The History of Cartography. II. Book 1 (CAsartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992.
J.H. Harley and David Woodward (eds.), The History of Cartography. II. Book 2 (Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
George F. Hourani, Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. New York: Octagon Books, 1975.
Vincent Jones, Sail the Indian Sea [Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India]. London and New York: Gordon and Cremonesi Publishers, 1978.
Thomas Suarez, Early Mapping of Southeast Asia. Hong Kong: Periplus, 1999.
R.V. Tooley, Maps and Map-makers. New York: Crown Publishers. 6th ed., 1978.
Peter Whitfield, New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration. New York: Routledge, 1998.
Peter Whitfield, The Charting of the Oceans: Ten Centuries of Maritime Maps. Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1996.

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