Why is Singapore Called "Singapore" - Indies Gallery Catalogue 2021
Why is Singapore called “Singapore” - A Story Told in Maps by Eric Rosenkranz. The map collection of Sake Rudmer Santema.
Why is Singapore called “Singapore” - A Story Told in Maps by Eric Rosenkranz. The map collection of Sake Rudmer Santema.
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Maps for the next 50 years referred<br />
to th<strong>is</strong> “<strong>Singapore</strong> Cape” as can be<br />
seen in th<strong>is</strong> beautiful 1598 map by<br />
Willem Lodewycksz where you can<br />
read “C. de Singapour” running<br />
down the side. While th<strong>is</strong> large land<br />
mass appears to be an <strong>is</strong>land, it <strong>is</strong> in<br />
fact the southern part of the Malay<br />
Peininsua, separated from the<br />
mainland by an imaginary “river”.<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> non ex<strong>is</strong>tant river ex<strong>is</strong>ted on<br />
many maps of the time.
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