Shipwrecks and the Maritime History of Singapore
Kwa Chong Guan, editor
Date of publication:
2023
Publisher:
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Number of pages:
114
Code:
PIC295
Hard Cover
ISBN: 9789815104271
Reviews
Ligaya Lacsina, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, October 2024
"This book is a good contribution to the increasing but still-rare trend in the region of conducting underwater archaeology for the sake of research, and it leads to a more holistic understanding of the maritime cultures of Southeast Asia."
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"This book is a good contribution to the increasing but still-rare trend in the region of conducting underwater archaeology for the sake of research, and it leads to a more holistic understanding of the maritime cultures of Southeast Asia."
Click here to read the full review
About the publication
On 16 June 2021 the National Heritage Board and ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute announced the successful conclusion of the archaeological excavation of two shipwrecks at the eastern approach to Singapore. This maritime archaeology excavation, the largest in Singapore’s waters, was conducted by the Archaeology Unit of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute over a six-year period. This book documents these two shipwrecks, complemented by essays on Singapore’s maritime history, from Temasek in the fourteenth century through the emergence of country trade in the late eighteenth century. These two shipwrecks challenge us to rethink Singapore’s history as globally connected, determined by what was happening on the seas in and around the island.
Contents
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Shipwrecks and the Maritime History of Singapore
[Whole Publication, ISBN: 9789815104479], by Kwa Chong Guan, editor -
Preliminary pages
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1. Introduction: Two Historical Shipwrecks and Their Implications for Singapore History, by Kwa Chong Guan, author
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2. The Temasek Wreck, by Michael Flecker, author
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3. The International History of Temasek: Possibilities for Research Emerging from the Discovery of the Temasek Wreck, by Derek Heng, author
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4. Singapore’s Waterways before the Modern Era, by Benjamin J.Q. Khoo, author
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5. A Seventeenth-Century Port Settlement in the Kallang Estuary, by Kwa Chong Guan, author
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6. The Shah Muncher, by Michael Flecker, author
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7. Singapore and the Country Trade in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, by Peter Borschberg, author
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Index
