MARTABAN, GULF OF

märtəbănˈ, -bänˈ, arm of the Andaman Sea, indenting S Myanmar and receiving the waters of the Sittoung and Thanlwin (Salween) rivers. The small port of Martaban, located at the mouth of the Thanlwin across the river from Mawlamyine, is famous for its glazed pottery.

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books on: Martaban Gulf Of  - 35 results

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The Far East: A History of the Impact of the West on Eastern Asia
Book by Paul Hibbert Clyde; Prentice-Hall, 1948
Subjects: East Asia--History
...719 Marshall, Humphrey, 148 Marshall Islands, 30 Martaban, Gulf of, 11 Martin, W. A. P., 217 Masanobu, 77 Matsukata...Mencius, 56 Merrills American Marauders, 691 Mexico, Gulf of, as boundary, of American political interest, 1...
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Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture
Book by John S. Bowman; Columbia University Press, 2000
Subjects: Asia--History--Chronology
...of Singapore, 503 Marshall, George C., American general, 68 Marshall Islands, 150 , 156 Marshall Plan, 661 Martaban, Gulf of, 478 Martel, Charles, see Charles Martel Marthanada Varma, Mughal ruler of Travancore, 285 Martial arts...
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Asia: a Regional and Economic Geography
Book by L. Dudley Stamp; Metheun, 1969
Subjects: Asia--Economic Conditions
...Marmagao, 333 Marmara Region, 96 Marmara, Sea of, 81 , 83 Marriage, Hindu, 258 Marshall Islands, 661 , 662 Martaban, Gulf of, 360 Marua, 237 Masbate, 455 Mason, Prof. Kenneth, 197 Maspero, G., 482 Massifs, 13 , 16 Mastic, gum...
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Amerigo Vespucci: Pilot Major
Book by Frederick J. Pohl; Columbia University Press, 1944
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration, Vespucci, Amerigo--1451-1512
...There have been various theories as to its location. M. Gosselin believed it was not far from the present Martaban in the Gulf of Tongking. Others believed it was a port on the coast of Cochin China, or on the coast of China in Fukien Province...
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The Pattern of Asia
Book by Norton S. Ginsburg, John E. Brush; Prentice-Hall, 1958
Subjects: Asia
...eastern Burma, and ends in the Gulf of Martaban, but the drainage area of the...Katha, is an ancient Tertiary gulf filled with river-borne and...from Mandalay past Toungoo to the Gulf of Martaban in the valley now occupied by...
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journal articles on: Martaban Gulf Of  - 11 results

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The Martaban Trade: An Examination of the Literature from the Seventh Century until the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by Pamela Gutman; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Myanmar--Antiquities, Pottery--Myanmar
The Martaban trade: an examination of the literature...ports of southern Burma, particularly Martaban, to that trade. Until recently, the...the suppositions that sites around the Gulf of Martaban, particularly from Twante to Martaban...
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Bending with the Wind: the Continuity and Flexibility of Thai Foreign Policy
Journal article by Arne Kislenko; International Journal, Vol. 57, 2002
Subjects: History, International relations, Thailand
...talks on the construction of a gas pipeline from the Martaban Gulf into Thailand, even though both deals involved lands...Authority of Thailand for gas piped ashore from the Gulf of Martaban.(47) Thailands relationship with Malaysia has been...
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Estimating Hinterland Exhumation from Late Orogenic Basin Volume, Nw Borneo
Journal article by Chris K. Morley, Stefan Back; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 165, 2008
Subjects: Basins, Borneo, Geology, Petroleum industry, Plate tectonics
...deltas of large rivers where sediment arriving from the Tibetan Plateau is being deposited (e.g. Bengal Basin, Gulf of Martaban, Gulf of Tonkin; see Metevier et al. 1999; Clift 2006; Clift Sun 2006). Generally, it is assumed that slower...
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Relics, Oaths and Politics in Thirteenth-Century Siam
Journal article by David K. Wyatt; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 32, 2001
Subjects: Cambodia--History, Inscriptions--Thailand, Kings and rulers--Thailand, Thailand--History, Theravada Buddhism--13th century
...convenient to use the land portage between the Gulf of Siam and the Gulf of Martaban (in what is now Burma), foreigners regularly...Buddhist Mon of the region around the head of the Gulf of Martaban. A third route with the same destination went...
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Myanmar: the Future Takes Form - but Little Change in Sight
Journal article by Morten B. Pedersen; Southeast Asian Affairs, 2007
...fields, Yadana and Yetagun in the Gulf of Martaban, its single largest source of...massive finds in three fields in the Gulf of Bengal - Mya, Shwe, and Shwe...in another block (M9) in the Gulf of Martaban currently being explored by Thailands...
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magazine articles on: Martaban Gulf Of  - 2 results

 
 
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Rudyard Kipling & the God of Things as They Are
Magazine article by John Derbyshire; New Criterion, Vol. 18, March 2000
Subjects: Authors--Conduct of life, Kipling, Rudyard--Conduct of life, Poets--Conduct of life
...comes up like thunder out of China `crost the bay"--certainly not Moulmein, which is on the east coast of the Martaban Gulf. Similarly with that fine thundering couplet in "Route Marchin": Were marchin on relief over Injas coral strand...
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And the Dawn Came Up like Thunder .
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 71, November 1999
Subjects: Cadell, Henry--Conduct of life, Myanmar--Description and travel, Travel industry--Moral and ethical aspects
...Mali Hka and the Nmai Hka, 45 kilometres north of Myitkyina, southwards as the river bisects the country to the Gulf of Martaban where the massive nine-pronged delta sludges into the sea. For centuries the river has been the countrys major...


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newspaper articles on: Martaban Gulf Of  - 2 results

 
 
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Peckham's Plonqueur; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 23, 2006
...tsunami, why were there few reports of losses from Myanmar (Burma), in particular the Mouth of the Irrawaddy, Gulf of Martaban and eastern side of the Andaman Sea? FOR once it seems the Burmese people were lucky. Though one might suspect that...
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Bard? He Was Terrible; Answers to Correspondents
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 5, 2006
...2004 tsunami, why were there few reports of losses from Myanmar, in particular the mouth of the Irrawaddy, the Gulf of Martaban and eastern side of the Andaman Sea, which seem particularly vulnerable? Dave Cornell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire...


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encyclopedia articles on: Martaban Gulf Of  - 3 results

 
 
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Martaban, Gulf Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARTABAN, GULF OF mart ban , -ban , arm of the Andaman Sea, indenting S Myanmar and...waters of the Sittoung and Thanlwin (Salween) rivers. The small port of Martaban, located at the mouth of the Thanlwin across the river from Mawlamyine...
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Yangon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Yangon div., S central Myanmar, on the Yangon River (a mouth of the Ayeyarwady ) near its entrance into the Gulf of Martaban. The largest city in Myanmar, Yangon is the transportation hub of the country and its commercial and industrial...
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Thanlwin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ayeyarwady rivers, into Myanmar, where it cuts through the Shan Plateau and Karenni Hills and then empties into the Gulf of Martaban, E Myanmar, near Mawlamyine. Because of rapids, it is navigable only for about 75 mi (120 km) upstream. Flowing...


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