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Nov 4

Ignorance & the Afro-Eurasian Middle Ages

So, the other week I wrote something on my old blog about a new book series that has, as its foundation, my ‘Afro-Eurasian’ or…

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Oct 27

On Tea

I’ve been feeling a little out of sorts over the last few days. I was reading a book, written by an academic and former Twitter mutual…

On Tea

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Aug 31

Liúqiú in the Book of Suí (Part II)

This is the second part of the description of Liúqiú from the Book of Suí, a Chinese dynastic history written in the early seventh century…

Liúqiú in the Book of Suí (Part II)

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Aug 25

A Speech in Tupi (Brazil, 1587)

José de Anchieta (or Joseph of Anchieta) was born in Tenerife in 1534; he became a Jesuit in 1551; and in 1553 he was sent to Brazil as…

A Speech in Tupi (Brazil, 1587)

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Aug 23

Brás de Albuquerque on the Ryukyuans

Afonso de Albuquerque had a son named Brás. The name is the Portuguese equivalent of Blaise. I haven’t met a living Portuguese man named…

Brás de Albuquerque on the Ryukyuans

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Aug 22

Afonso de Albuquerque’s Javanese Map

Afonso de Albuquerque (d.1515) was the architect of the Portuguese empire in the Indian Ocean. He conquered Hormuz (yes, that one — in…

Afonso de Albuquerque’s Javanese Map

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Aug 17

Liúqiú in the Book of Suí (Part I)

The Book of Suí (隋書), the official history of the short-lived Suí (隋) dynasty (581–618 CE), contains the earliest extant description of a…

Liúqiú in the Book of Suí (Part I)

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Aug 13

The Mysterious “Gores”

In describing the Ryūkyū Islands, early sixteenth-century Portuguese sources tend to use two names:

The Mysterious “Gores”

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Aug 10

Duarte Barbosa on Ryukyu

Next year, 2027, it will have been twenty years since I moved to Taiwan to study Chinese as part of my undergraduate degree at the…

Duarte Barbosa on Ryukyu

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Jul 12

Ten Years

2016 was probably the most consequential year of my life. I got married in early August and left the UK to live in the Netherlands. I’ve…

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I write about the history of the world—mainly the world either side of the Columbian exchange—& some other stuff. My old blog: https://indomedieval.medium.com/

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