Insular South Asia Explained
Insular South Asia is an ill-defined region, consisting at a minimum of all islands in the Southern region of Asia, principally Sri Lanka, the Maldives and the Laccadives.[1] [2] Other sources also apply the term to the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia encompassing Brunei, Indonesia, East Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and East Timor.[3] [4]
It was an important region during the initial European colonisation of South Asia and Southeast Asia.[5]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Scarre . Christopher . The human past: World prehistory and the development of human societies . 2009 . Thames and Hudson . London . 9780500287804 . 548 . 21 May 2024.
- Book: Lach . Donald Frederick . Asia in the Making of Europe . Kley . Edwin J. Van . 1965 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-46756-6 . en.
- Web site: 1. PROTECTED AREAS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: AN OVERVIEW . FAO . 9 January 2024.
- Goldammer . Johann G. . History of equatorial vegetation fires and fire research in Southeast Asia before the 1997–98 episode: A reconstruction of creeping environmental changes . Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change . 1 July 2006 . 12 . 13–32 . 21 May 2024.
- Witek . John W. . 1994 . Lach . Donald F. . Van Kley . Edwin J. . The Seventeenth-Century European Advance into Asia--A Review Article . The Journal of Asian Studies . 53 . 3 . 867–880 . 10.2307/2059733 . 2059733 . 164121619 . 0021-9118.
