
I arrived at Pulau Ketam a day after a completed boat had been launched. What remained were remnants of the craft. The workers had all retired to the Kampung in preparation of the evening prayers. ©ismaillagardien

Sea explorers from Nusantara set foot on the African Continent through Madagascar since the early days of Christian era (AD), long before Cheng Ho and Columbus made their voyages to various parts of the world. This suggests that, Nusantaran Sea explorers have crossed a third of the globe centuries before the European explorers. ©ismaillagardien


