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For people nowadays, the constant exchange of people, goods and ideas and their interaction across wide distances are a part of everyday life. However, such encounters and interregional links are by no means only a recent phenomenon, although the forms they have taken in the course of history have varied. It goes without saying that travel to distant regions was spurred by various interests, first and foremost economic and imperialist policies, which reached an initial climax around 1500 with the European expansion to the Americas and into the Indian Ocean

History and criticism. --- Travelers' writings, European --- Christianity and other religions --- Southeast Asia --- Description and travel --- Christianity --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Religions --- European travelers' writings --- European literature --- Relations --- History --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia