Sunday, 15 February 2015

The Oldest Map in the National Library Collection

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Name: Undecima Asiae Tabula (from Geographia ) Year: 1478 Map maker: Arnold Buckinck Type: Copper Engraving Picture Source: National...
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Sunday, 8 February 2015

When did Singapore become an island? Part III

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To the best of my knowledge, 1613*. In Manuel Godinho de Erédia's  Declaracam de Malaca e da India Meridional com Cathay [1] , ther...
Saturday, 7 February 2015

When did Singapore become an island? Part II

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In a previous entry , we talked about an 'island' feature at the southern end of the Malay peninsula that appeared in many maps da...
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Monday, 26 January 2015

The David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection

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The David Parry SE Asian Map Collection forms the main body of the current map exhibition in National Library on the early maps of SE Asi...
Friday, 23 January 2015

When did Singapore become an island? Part I

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On the earliest printed maps that feature Singapore, there is no indication that cartographers realized that it is an island. In fact, S...
Saturday, 10 January 2015

The Old Protestant Cemetery of George Town, Penang

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In old George Town, along Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah (which used to be called Northam Road) is the old Protestant cemetery. It is a short w...
Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Samgipura. O Livro de Francisco Rodrigues - Singapore's birth certificate?

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Name: Folio 34, O Livro de Francisco Rodrigues Year: ca.1513 Map maker/publisher: Francisco Rodrigues Manuscript location: La biblioth...