Monthly Archives: February 2015

East Indies Spice Exploration — Flores to Ambon

Departure from Maumere on Flores September 26 for 12 days until October 7 in Ambon “ …I would dream of the fabled Spice Islands. Images of palm-fringed tropical islands backed by towering volcanoes filled my imagination and I saw myself … Continue reading

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Exploring the Spice Islands — 2014

Exploring the Spice Islands in Eastern Indonesia. – Garry and Anna Connery The following article was published in the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron magazine — Logbook In October we travelled in Eastern Indonesia. On the way to the Spice Islands … Continue reading

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Kasteel Batavia

Jan Pieterszoon Coen as the the fifth Governor-General of the United Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) negotiated an agreement with the Prince of Jayakarta to build a factory on the east bank of the Ciliwung River where it entered the … Continue reading

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