A fascinating episode of late sixteenth century Southeast Asian history that I have just come across: see Diogo Veloso and Blas Ruiz.
For greater depth, read Chapter 14, A History of South-East Asia (fourth edition 1981), by D.G.E. Hall.
Here appear occasional jottings of my random musings. Profound or jejune, they reveal the contours of my mental universe, with world history, intellectual history, civilizations, philosophy, religion, society, knowledge, and books as some major themes. Since May 2011, this blog has been exclusively focused on Singapore. All my other reflections are now posted in "Notes from Noosphere" (see link under "Miscellany" on the right margin).
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