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The present paper explores the shifting roles and understandings of the Singapore Straits from the latter Middle Ages until the opening decades of the eighteenth century. In pursuing this task, I will develop a set of basic questions that... more
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH: The overall objectives of the University of Toronto expedition to South Sinai include tracing pharaonic routes and camps en route to the turquoise and copper mining region, investigating pharaonic and indigenous... more
"The article re-evaluates maritime routes from Venice to the Levant and back from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth centuries, casting doubt on the conclusions arrived at by historians working within the primarily geographic approach. The... more
Tackling maritime security is one of the major global challenges today. Safeguarding international transport by sea; preventing accidents and disasters; fighting transnational organised crimes like piracy and the trafficking of narcotics... more
This paper examines several interrelated aspects of maritime connectivity within the Roman Mediterranean. First, it considers Fulford’s suggestion of a divide between eastern and western trading zones along the North African coast in the... more
This paper examines several interrelated aspects of maritime connectivity within the Roman Mediterranean. First, it considers Fulford’s suggestion of a divide between eastern and western trading zones along the North African coast in the... more
Devotion to the goddess Tanit/Tinnit, a permutation of Astarte, took place in Mediterranean cave sanctuaries and on Phoenician ships. Employing both material and textual evidence, it is argued that her worship at sea and at port required... more
This is an open access book available at: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51045 In 1603, Dutch Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk plundered a Portuguese merchantman, the Santa Catarina, travelling from Macao to Melaka. The sale... more
Azlin Samsudin, Tarmiji Masron, Mokhtar Saidin, Jeffrey Abdullah and Saiful Shahidan.(2010). LEMBAH BUJANG, SEBUAH KERAJAAN LAMA YANG BERPUSAT: DARI PERSPEKTIF SISTEM MAKLUMAT GEOGRAFI (GIS).IN: Seminar Prosiding: Penanda Arasan... more
Cambodia and Indonesia is covered in our book-Hindu temples of Bharat, Cambodia and Indonesia. For a detailed reading of these belowgiven historicites please read our TRILOGY Devraja I, DevrajaII and Devraja III with over 1500 pages. Also... more
Passer de l'état de servitude à celui de détenteurs de fonctions politiques de premier plan : voilà le destin bien peu commun que connut une famille italienne dans le courant du XIX ème siècle. Une aventure dont nous restent bien sûr des... more
"The article revisits the “Santa Catarina incident”, the famous episode of the first Portuguese ship captured by the Dutch in Asian waters, placing it within the broader context of Luso-Dutch rivalry in the Malay world, particularly the... more
The discovery of the Sungai Batu complex by the Centre for Global Archaeological Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2007 is of great significant in understanding the early civilisations in Malaysia. The complex was found during a... more
Study looks into expressions of maritime religion at Phoenician- Punic coastal shrines and considers them opposite inland manifestations in mainland Phoenicia and south Lebanon. Historical, archaeological, and sociopolitical approaches... more
Gallipoli peninsula is one of the most significant geographical point for the movement of the prehistoric populations between Balkans and Anatolia. Apart from the narrow isthmus connecting the peninsula to the European continent, it is... more
This article delves into the historical evolution of the Singapore Strait or Straits from the medieval period to the early modern era, spanning approximately four centuries. Preceding the establishment of the British trading post in 1819,... more
«Vessel Tracking: Venice's Marine Traffic in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century – a Geospatial Analysis» (in collaboration with Renard Gluzman), in Reti marittime come fattori dell’integrazione europea, Istituto di Storia Economica... more
The Board of Directors of Actia Nicopolis Foundation decided to publish the work of Mr. Konstantinos Chr. Kostoulas on the commercial advertisment of Preveza up to 1940. The results of Kostoulas' research preceeds the main corps of the... more
Unlike other cart ruts found elsewhere in the world, the Azorean cart-ruts, engraved on volcanic stone, at the middle of the Atlantic, raise many questions: How old are they? Who created them? Were they made during a short or long time?... more
This paper is one of eleven articles in the series “Mastering Postal History” that describe how envelopes and other postal artifacts can be used as original source documents for researching the humanities and the social sciences.... more
* The belief that the North Pole region could contain large quantities of oil and gas is one of the major forces driving Russian policy. The North Pole expedition of July-August 2007 laid the ground for submitting a claim to the UN... more
L’oil bottle è una delle forme del repertorio vascolare della madrepatria che i Fenici mantengono durante i loro spostamenti nel Mediterraneo. È prodotta dalla metà dell’VIII al terzo quarto del VI sec. a.C. Data l’ampia distribuzione... more
L’étude d’un petit ensemble de lettres adressées, dans les années 1890, au même destinataire résidant à Tokyo nous permettra, ce mois-ci, de présenter les voies d’acheminement maritime de l’Europe vers le Pays du Soleil Levant. Malgré la... more
En este artículo se destacan los principales condicionantes que gobiernan las diferentes cuencas del Mediterráneo. El análisis está enfocado hacia el mundo fenicio y las rutas frecuentadas entre el siglo IX y el siglo VII a.C. El objetivo... more
ATENCO was perhaps one of the largest European Commission projects on port development and pricing. The main objective of the project was to gauge the extent to which infrastructure development policies and related pricing in one... more
The cargo of marble blocks off Capo Bianco was dated to the Roman period. New sampling and analysis has identified Carrara marble, and also Rosso di Francia (Rouge Languedoc) and Portargento, which strongly suggests a post-medieval date.... more
C’est une ville portuaire d’alors 22.000 habitants, Port-Louis, ancienne possession française de l’Océan indien, qui sera ce mois-ci notre destination. La desserte postale de l’île Maurice illustre en effet à quel point la recherche de... more
El presente artículo pretende ofrecer un estado de la cuestión sobre los pecios fenicios encontrados en el Mediterráneo (siglos IX–VII a.C.), analizando la tipología naval, la carga y los objetos de abordo. El objetivo es la... more
Scholarship relating to the maritime nature of the Southern Levant depicts, for the most part, low-key, slow-paced activity. Indeed, the meager volume of this scholarship alone suggests as much, a fact which may explain the scarcity of... more