A Bibliography of Timor: Including East (formerly Portuguese) Timor West (formerly Dutch) Timor and the Island of Roti

Judul	:	A Bibliography of Timor: Including East (formerly Portuguese) Timor West (formerly Dutch) Timor and the Island of Roti
Penulis	:	Kevin Sherlock
Penerbit	:	The Australian National University
Bahasa	:	Inggris
Tahun Cetak	:	1980
Halaman	:	292
ISBN	:	-
Harga	:	Rp. 300. 000
Status	:	Kosong

 

This excellent bibliography by Kevin Sherlock will undoubtedly provide a major stimulus to the further study of the island of Timor. Compiled to cover all aspect of the island from its geology to the poetry of its people, this volume offers an invaluable starting point for potential research as well as a secure and authoritative source on the history of past schokarship. In preparing this work, Kevin Sherlock joins the diverse ranks of those who, fascinated by Timor, have contributed to our knowledge of the island. His bibliography is itself a record of this increasing comprehension.

Early Chinese references to Timor which began during the Yuan dynasty of the 12^th and 13^th century desribed Timor as a distant source of precious sandalwood. Somewhat later, Timor was named as a region of the realm of Majapahit in the old Javanese panegyric known as the Negara Kartagama. By the early 15^th century, Timor was noted as one of the islands linked by trade with Malacca. More substansial information came from the first voyage around the world: Pigafetta, who sailed on the Vikctoria, the only ship of Magellan’s fleet to complete the circum navigation of the globe, and who actually landed on the north coast of Timor in 1522, included a brief description of Timor in the record of his journey. Within less than fifty years, however, reguler Portuguese accounts of Timor began appear and to become more informative.

This bibliography admirably document the continuity of the Portuguesse presence and the development of an important tradition of scholarship dealing with the island. Yet on of the remarkable features of the study of Timoris the number of other distinguished contributions, in various languages, that have market Timor as an area of special interest. A few of these contributions are worth mentioing.