Tomé Pires, a Portuguese trader who visited Malacca in the early 16th century made statement on Malacca sultanate. “Whoever is Lord of Malacca shall have his hands on the throat of Venice”. His statement is not an exaggeration, he noticed that the Malacca sultanate controlled the most strategic vital waterway on earth, known as the […] The post Malacca Sultanate History: The golden age of trade that put Southeast Asia on the map appeared first on .