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Travel and First Hand Accounts

Southeast Asia Visions Collection | Cornell University Library
Cornell University Library collection of European travel accounts of pre-modern Southeast Asia.
The Philippine islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China, at the close of the sixteenth century. Translated from the Spanish, with notes and a pref., and a letter from Luis Vaez de Torres, describing his voyage through the Torres Straits, by Hen
Translation of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
The Philippine islands and their people : a record of personal observation and experience, with a short summary of the more important facts in the history of the archipelago / by Dean C. Worcester
New York : Macmillan, 1901, c1898. Auxiliary Stacks 991.4 W89
Indochina / Albert Sarraut ; translated by Walter E. J. Tips.
Account by former Governor General of Indochina. Suzzallo/Allen Stacks DS534 .S37 2010
Travels in Laos and among the tribes of southeast Indochina / P. Cupet ; translated by Walter E.J. Tips
The Pavie mission Indochina papers, 1879-1895 ; v. 6. Suzzallo/Allen Stacks DS555.36 .C8713 2000
Laos and the hilltribes of Indochina : journeys to the Boloven Plateau, from Bassac to Hué through Laos, and to the origins of the Thai / F.J. Harmand ; translation and introduction by Walter E.J. Tips
Laos et les populations sauvages de l'Indo-Chine. English
The Pavie Mission Indochina papers, 1879-1895 / Auguste Pavie ; translated by Walter E.J. Tips
Bangkok, Thailand : White Lotus Press, c1999- 5 vols. Suzzallo/Allen Stacks DS534 .P39 1999
A new account of the East Indies, by Alexander Hamilton, with numerous maps & illustrations; now edited, with introduction and notes, by Sir William Foster,
With reproductions of title-pages of original edition, Edinburgh, 1727

Tips for finding books about Southeast Asia

Useful Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Heading take the form: Indonesia -- Politics and Government. You can enter the following terms as Keywords in conjunction with the name of the country you are researching:

Nationalism, Politics and government, Armed forces, Human Rights, Political geography

History (can be divided by period), Personal narratives, Sources

Motion pictures, Literature, Arts, Performing arts

Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Cooking, Food habits

Women, Women in development, Women social conditions, Masculinity, Patriarchy, Sex role, Gender identity

Minorities, Ethnic conflict

Note on Finding Historical Sources

History (can be divided by period), Personal narratives, Sources

Try using the term Philippine Islands to find sources on the American period in the Philippines. Or Indochina for ealier works on Viet Nam Loas or Cambodia. Limit your search by date of publication.

Use Description and Travel as keywords to locate first-hand travel accounts. Limit by date. Limit to English for translations of foreign language accounts.