A post from the archives
1617
"People of Pegu" c. 1617
This early European depiction of a woman and man in what is today lower Myanmar is from a book written by Father Manuel D'Abreu Mousinho about the exploits of the Portuguese adventurer Salvador Ribeyro de Souza.
In the 16th and 17th centuries thousands of Portuguese and people of mixed Luso-Asian descent served different regimes at Mrauk-U, Ava, Pegu, and Martaban as well as their own "King of Syriam" Filipe de Brito e Nicote. The people of the Pegu area at...
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The aim of this website is to promote interest in Myanmar's amazing history.Our hope is to challenge the often two-dimensional and uncritical views of history taught in Myanmar by reexamining key periods in the country's past. We would like as well to reveal the rich multicultural nature of Myanmar's history and its deep and ongoing ties to global events and trends.Finally, this website will also delve into the history of neighbouring regions, such as Yunnan in China and the Northeast in India, in the hope of introducing these places to a Myanmar audience.We believe that meeting Myanmar's many challenges today will require fresh imaginative thinking. This is turn will only be possible with a clear and critical understanding of Myanmar and global history.