Routledge Studies in the Maritime History of Asia is a series encompassing all aspects of Maritime History that touches upon Asia, including:
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By Indra Alverdian
July 31, 2024
Alverdian explores how a distinct national character of maritime governance has influenced the nature of Indonesia's aspiration to go beyond archipelagic towards a maritime nation, through focusing on the intersection between the nation's political culture, historical changes and geopolitical ...
By Scott C.M. Bailey
December 01, 2023
Bailey describes how the Sea of Okhotsk area became integrated into a world system of economic and cultural ties between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. This happened primarily because of maritime explorations, travel, and trade, which led to increased connections with both Russia and ...
By Cuauhtémoc Villamar
May 31, 2023
Villamar examines the role of Portuguese merchants in the formation of the Manila Galleon as a system of trade founded at the end of the sixteenth century. The rise of Manila as a crucial transshipment port was not a spontaneous incident. Instead, it came about through a complex combination of ...