sentence: tomé pires ( the suma oriental ) ( 1512 -- 1515 ) : tomé pires wrote a landmark book on asian trade , the suma oriental que trata do mar roxo até aos chins ( summa of the east , from the red sea up to the chinese ) in malacca and india between 1512 -- 1515 , completed before the death of afonso de albuquerque ( december 1515 ) , which highlighted the emergence of parameswara replacing his father , raja sam agi as the ruler of palembang and later attacked by the king of majapahit of java , king batara tamavill for declaring himself as ` mjeura ' ( those who dare ) before fled to temasik ( singapore ) where he killed siamese king of ayutthaya 's representative , temagi and he secretly ruled temasik for 5 years .