Editing History of Southeast Asia (section)

==Name==
[[File:Ptolemy Asia detail.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of Asia in [[Ptolemy]]'s world map. Gulf of the Ganges left, Southeast Asian peninsula in the centre written as ''Avrea Chersonesvs'', China Sea right, with "Sinae" (China).]]

Though there are numerous ancient historic Asian designations for Southeast Asia, none are geographically consistent with each other. Names referring to Southeast Asia include ''[[Suvarnabhumi]]'' or ''Sovannah Phoum'' (''Golden Land'') and ''[[Suvarnadvipa]]'' (''Golden Islands'') in Indian tradition, the ''Lands below the Winds''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.ucla.edu/events/revisiting-lands-below-winds |title=Revisiting the "Lands Below the Winds" |publisher=Library.ucla.edu |access-date=8 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211083755/http://www.library.ucla.edu/events/revisiting-lands-below-winds |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Arabia]] and [[Persia]], ''[[Nanyang (region)|Nanyang]]'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 南洋; {{Literal translation|South Ocean}}) in China and ''[[South Seas Mandate|Nan’yō]]'' (南洋) in Japan.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kapur|author2=Kamlesh|title=History of Ancient India (portraits of a Nation), 1/e|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ic4BjWFmNIC&pg=PA465|year=2010|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-4910-8|page=465}}</ref> A 2nd-century world map created by [[Ptolemy]] of [[Alexandria]] names the [[Malay Peninsula]] as [[Golden Chersonese|''Chersonesus Aurea'']] ({{Literal translation|Golden Peninsula}}).<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://archeosciences.revues.org/2072 | title =Gold in early Southeast Asia | journal =ArchéoSciences | issue =33 | pages =99–107 |author= Anna T. N. Bennett |access-date= 9 March 2018 | doi =10.4000/archeosciences.2072 | year =2009 | volume =33 | doi-access =free }}</ref>

The term "Southeast Asia" was first used in 1839 by American pastor Howard Malcolm in his book ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia''. Malcolm only included the Mainland section and excluded the Maritime section in his definition of Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite book | date=1996 | first1=Joshua | last1=Eliot | title=Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore Handbook | publisher=Trade & Trade & Travel Publications | location=New York City | first2=Jane | first3=Sebastian | last2=Bickersteth | last3=Ballard}}</ref> The term was officially used to designate the area of operation (the [[South East Asia Command]], SEAC) for Anglo-American forces in the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]] of [[World War II]] from 1941 to 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.univpgri-palembang.ac.id/perpus-fkip/Perpustakaan/East%20Phylosopy/Economic%20Geography/Enclycopedia%20Asia%20Tenggara.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.univpgri-palembang.ac.id/perpus-fkip/Perpustakaan/East%20Phylosopy/Economic%20Geography/Enclycopedia%20Asia%20Tenggara.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=SOUTHEAST ASIA a Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor 2004 |publisher=Library of Congress |author=OOI KEAT GIN |access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>{{Human history}}